One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she decided to take the law into her own hands.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
take the law into your own hands — phrase to punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal yourself If something isn’t done soon, farmers might take the law into their own hands. Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym… … Useful english dictionary
take the law into one's own hands — {v. phr.} To protect one s supposed rights or punish a suspected wrongdoer without reference to a court. An overused expression. * /When the men of the settlement caught the suspected murderer, they took the law into their own hands and hanged… … Dictionary of American idioms
take the law into one's own hands — {v. phr.} To protect one s supposed rights or punish a suspected wrongdoer without reference to a court. An overused expression. * /When the men of the settlement caught the suspected murderer, they took the law into their own hands and hanged… … Dictionary of American idioms
take the law into your own hands — take the law into (your) own hands to do something illegal in order to punish someone because you know that the law will not punish that person. One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she decided to take the law into her own… … New idioms dictionary
take the law into one's own hands — To obtain justice, or what one considers to be justice, by one s own actions, without recourse to the law, the police, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑law * * * punish someone for an offense according to one s own ideas of justice, esp. in an illegal or… … Useful english dictionary
take the law into one's own hands — ► take the law into one s own hands illegally or violently punish someone according to one s own ideas of justice. Main Entry: ↑law … English terms dictionary
take the law into your own hands — If, instead of calling the police, you act personally against someone who has done something wrong, you take the law into your own hands. Instead of calling the police, he took the law into his own hands and confronted the youth who had… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take the law into your own hands — to punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal yourself If something isn t done soon, farmers might take the law into their own hands. See: lay down … English dictionary
take the law into one's own hands — idi take the law into one s own hands, to administer justice as one sees fit without recourse to legal processes … From formal English to slang
take\ the\ law\ into\ one's\ own\ hands — v. phr. To protect one s supposed rights or punish a suspected wrongdoer without reference to a court. An overused expression. When the men of the settlement caught the suspected murderer, they took the law into their own hands and hanged him to… … Словарь американских идиом
