take in hand

Idioms  

1. Deal with, assume control of, as in He's going to take their debts in hand and see if they need to declare bankruptcy, or Once the new teacher takes them in hand this class will do much better. [c. 1300] Also see in hand, def. 2.

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take in hand

“The heads of property development firms must personally take in hand the work of dealing with petitions and maintaining stability.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2021

Best guess was that they would not; that they would remain afloat, ready to take in hand small crises which might develop anywhere from Palestine to Genoa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the Cabinet sent him an unconditional invitation to return and take in hand the complicated political situation.

From Time Magazine Archive

I should like to take in hand one of those bitter critics of modern Academia.

From Time Magazine Archive

More than that, it was this sire de Beaumont, in emulation of his grandfather, the patron of Jean le Bel, who advised Froissart seriously to take in hand the history of his own time.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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