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idiomtake sb/sth in hand1 to try to control someone and improve their behaviour:Sullivan had only one month to take the blind girl in hand and teach her to communicate.Women were always taking Jim in hand, trying to make him into the man they thought he should be.2 to take responsibility for a situation or problem and deal with it:We've asked the solicitor to take the matter in hand, so we must wait for his instructions.If there was trouble with lads misbehaving, the local policeman took it in hand and sorted it out.
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