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
Orsina	-	Italian
Ippolit	-	Russian
Milena	mee-LE-nah (Italian)	Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Italian
Meir	-	Hebrew
Colleen	kah-LEEN	English
'Avshalom	-	Biblical Hebrew