take matters into one's own hands

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todeal withaproblemaloneinstead ofwaitingon others (often persons who areresponsibleand havefailedto deal with the issue).2011February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, inBBC‎[1]: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 almosttook matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.

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