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

• let someone have it
• let someone in on
• let someone in on something
• let someone off
• let someone off easy
• let someone off the hook
• let someone slide
• let someone slip through fingers
• let someone slip through your fingers
• let something be
• let something go
• let something ride
• let something slide
• let something slip
• let something slip through fingers
• let something slip through your fingers
• let something speak for itself
• let something speak for themselves
• let speak for itself
• let speak for themselves
• let's see
• letter of the law
• let the cat out of the bag
• let the chips fall
• let the chips fall where they may