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
Charisse	shə-REES	English
Ralph	RALF (English), RAYF (English), RAHLF (German)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Thecla	-	Dutch (Rare), Late Greek (Latinized)
Grishma	-	Indian, Marathi
Roy	ROI (Scottish, English)	Scottish, English, Dutch
Brandr	-	Ancient Scandinavian