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
Sa'adat	-	Arabic
Meginrat	-	Ancient Germanic
SaulĖ	-	Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Fawzi	-	Arabic
JÚLia	ZHOO-lyə (Portuguese), YOO-lee-aw (Hungarian)	Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian, Slovak
Tate	[teit]