take the matter into one's own hands

English

Verb

take the matter into one's own hands (third-person singular simple present takes the matter into one's own hands, present participle taking the matter into one's own hands, simple past took the matter into one's own hands, past participle taken the matter into one's own hands)

  1. Synonym of take matters into one's own hands.
    • 1957 November, J. Spencer Gilks, “Centenary of the Bridport Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
      It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands.
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