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
Solomon	SAHL-ə-mən (English)	Biblical, English, Jewish
Akihito	[æki'hi:təu]
Proctor	['prɔktə]
Dar	-	Hebrew
Richard	RICH-ərd (English), ree-SHAHR (French), RIKH-ahrt (German)	English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Jarle	-	Norwegian