"взять себя в руки" meaning in Russian

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to take oneself into one's hands\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "взять себя́ в ру́ки",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vzjatʹ sebjá v rúki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "брать себя́ в ру́ки",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "взять себя́ в ру́ки",
        "2": "pf",
        "impf": "брать себя́ в ру́ки"
      },
      "expansion": "взять себя́ в ру́ки • (vzjatʹ sebjá v rúki) pf (imperfective брать себя́ в ру́ки)",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "взять"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj-verb-see"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I need to get a grip.",
          "roman": "Mne nádo vzjatʹ sebjá v rúki.",
          "text": "Мне на́до взять себя́ в ру́ки.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pull oneself together, to get oneself together, to get it together, to get a grip, to get one's act together, to get ahold of oneself"
      ],
      "id": "en-взять_себя_в_руки-ru-verb-m~4huOn0",
      "links": [
        [
          "pull oneself together",
          "pull oneself together"
        ],
        [
          "get oneself together",
          "get oneself together"
        ],
        [
          "get it together",
          "get it together"
        ],
        [
          "get a grip",
          "get a grip"
        ],
        [
          "get one's act together",
          "get one's act together"
        ],
        [
          "get ahold of oneself",
          "get ahold of oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to pull oneself together, to get oneself together, to get it together, to get a grip, to get one's act together, to get ahold of oneself"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvzʲæt͡sʲ sʲɪˌbʲa ˈv‿rukʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "взять себя в руки"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to take oneself into one's hands\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "взять себя́ в ру́ки",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vzjatʹ sebjá v rúki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "брать себя́ в ру́ки",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "взять себя́ в ру́ки",
        "2": "pf",
        "impf": "брать себя́ в ру́ки"
      },
      "expansion": "взять себя́ в ру́ки • (vzjatʹ sebjá v rúki) pf (imperfective брать себя́ в ру́ки)",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "взять"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj-verb-see"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian perfective verbs",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian terms with usage examples",
        "Russian verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I need to get a grip.",
          "roman": "Mne nádo vzjatʹ sebjá v rúki.",
          "text": "Мне на́до взять себя́ в ру́ки.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pull oneself together, to get oneself together, to get it together, to get a grip, to get one's act together, to get ahold of oneself"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pull oneself together",
          "pull oneself together"
        ],
        [
          "get oneself together",
          "get oneself together"
        ],
        [
          "get it together",
          "get it together"
        ],
        [
          "get a grip",
          "get a grip"
        ],
        [
          "get one's act together",
          "get one's act together"
        ],
        [
          "get ahold of oneself",
          "get ahold of oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to pull oneself together, to get oneself together, to get it together, to get a grip, to get one's act together, to get ahold of oneself"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvzʲæt͡sʲ sʲɪˌbʲa ˈv‿rukʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "взять себя в руки"
}