"take matters into one's own hands" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> matters into one's own hands"
      },
      "expansion": "take matters into one's own hands (third-person singular simple present takes matters into one's own hands, present participle taking matters into one's own hands, simple past took matters into one's own hands, past participle taken matters into one's own hands)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC",
          "text": "But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deal with a problem alone instead of waiting on others (often persons who are responsible and have failed to deal with the issue)."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_matters_into_one's_own_hands-en-verb-k9smGKIg",
      "links": [
        [
          "deal with",
          "deal with"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "alone",
          "alone"
        ],
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To deal with a problem alone instead of waiting on others (often persons who are responsible and have failed to deal with the issue)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "take the law into one's own hands"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ottaa asiat omiin käsiinsä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "prendre les choses en main"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "brać sprawy w swoje ręce"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wziąć sprawy w swoje ręce"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ta saken i egna händer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-take matters into one's own hands.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/En-au-take_matters_into_one%27s_own_hands.ogg/En-au-take_matters_into_one%27s_own_hands.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/En-au-take_matters_into_one%27s_own_hands.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take matters into one's own hands"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken matters into one's own hands",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> matters into one's own hands"
      },
      "expansion": "take matters into one's own hands (third-person singular simple present takes matters into one's own hands, present participle taking matters into one's own hands, simple past took matters into one's own hands, past participle taken matters into one's own hands)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "take the law into one's own hands"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC",
          "text": "But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deal with a problem alone instead of waiting on others (often persons who are responsible and have failed to deal with the issue)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deal with",
          "deal with"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "alone",
          "alone"
        ],
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To deal with a problem alone instead of waiting on others (often persons who are responsible and have failed to deal with the issue)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/En-au-take_matters_into_one%27s_own_hands.ogg/En-au-take_matters_into_one%27s_own_hands.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/En-au-take_matters_into_one%27s_own_hands.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ottaa asiat omiin käsiinsä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "prendre les choses en main"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "brać sprawy w swoje ręce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wziąć sprawy w swoje ręce"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ta saken i egna händer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take matters into one's own hands"
}