take (something) into one's (own) hands

: to get into one's hands or into one's possession, power, or control: such as

: to seize or capture physically

: to get possession of (fish or game) by killing or capturing

: a distinct or personal point of view, outlook, or assessment

: an act or the action of taking: such as

: the uninterrupted photographing or televising of a scene

: some indeterminate or unspecified thing

: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number

: a person or thing of consequence

: in some degree : somewhat

used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective

: belonging to oneself or itself

used to express immediate or direct kinship

: to have or hold as property : possess

: to have power or mastery over

: to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : admit

: one or ones belonging to oneself

: the terminal part of the vertebrate forelimb when modified (as in humans) as a grasping organ : the body part at the end of the arm of a human, ape, or monkey

: the forelimb segment (such as the terminal section of a bird's wing) of a vertebrate higher than the fishes that corresponds to the hand irrespective of its form or functional specialization

: a part serving the function of or resembling a hand: such as

: with the hands rather than by machine

: to touch or manage with the hands

: furl

: to lead, guide, or assist with the hand