take into own hands

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take something into your own hands

to deal with something yourself Many people are starting to take privacy protection into their own hands. Mike's mother wouldn't call the doctor, so Mike took matters into his own hands and did it for her.

Related vocabulary: take the law into your own hands

See also: hand, take

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