turn one's hand to

Also, put one's hand to. Apply oneself to, begin working at, as in Next she turned her hand to starting her dissertation, or He was so lazy he wouldn't put his hand to anything. [c. 1700]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gulnaz	-	Kazakh, Georgian, Urdu
Nynniaw	-	Ancient Celtic
YusİF	-	Azerbaijani
Janja	-	Croatian, Serbian
Yehoram	-	Biblical Hebrew
Markus	MAHR-kuws (German), MAHR-koos (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish