The police haven't done anything about the vandalism, so local residents have taken matters into their own hands.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
take matters into your own hands — If you take matters into your hands, you take action yourself rather than waiting for others to intervene. When Susan saw the lack of progress, she decided to take matters into her own hands … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take matters into your own hands — take matters into (your) own hands to deal with a problem yourself because the people who should have dealt with it have failed to do so. The police haven t done anything about the vandalism, so local residents have taken matters into their own… … New idioms dictionary
take matters into your own hands — take care of a problem yourself because the ones who should have handled it failed to do so … English contemporary dictionary
take something into your own hands — take (something) into your (own) hands : to take control of something The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it] … Useful english dictionary
take into your hands — take (something) into your (own) hands : to take control of something The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it] … Useful english dictionary
take matters into one's own hands — verb To deal with a problem alone, because others responsible have failed to deal with it … Wiktionary
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… … New idioms dictionary
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