take (someone/something) in hand

to start to deal with someone or something that is causing problems.

Their youngest child needs taking in hand, if you ask me.

• every trick in the book
• every which way
• ex cathedra
• except for one thing
• excuse me
• ex gratia
• explain away
• explain away something
• extoll the virtues of
• extoll the virtues of someone
• extoll the virtues of something
• extracurricular activity
• eyeball to eyeball
• eyeball-to-eyeball
• eye candy
• eye-catching
• eye of the storm
• eyes are bigger than belly
• eyes are bigger than stomach
• eyes are bigger than their belly
• eyes are bigger than their stomach
• eyes are out on stalks
• eyes pop out of head
• eyes pop out of your head
• face as long as a wet week