Definition
To deal with a problem alone instead of waiting on others (often persons who are responsible and have failed to deal with the issue).
In Context
- "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."
Also Said As
- take the matter into one's own hands