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Meanings of own hands in English

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Usage of own hands in English
1
The stockholders have the control of the corporation in their own hands.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
2
But that's the problem with taking the law into your own hands.
Caught
3
One group of nature lovers has taken matters into its own hands.
BBC
4
It was coming from young people taking matters into their own hands.
The Guardian
5
You will leave it entirely in her own hands in that way.
We Two: A Novel
6
We have to wait; our fate is not in our own hands.
Rujub, the Juggler
7
Joshua cautiously took a step forward and held out his own hands.
The Long Earth
8
Should the state of Virginia take museum plans into their own hands?
Ebony
9
The Love Trust are already taking matters into their own hands, though.
The South African
10
We are taking the arts of magic into our own hands today.
Charmed Life
11
It is in our own hands as well, however maimed they are.
The darkest road
12
And he has kept the business so entirely in his own hands.
The Loudwater Mystery
13
If that doesn't work, we will take matters into our own hands.
The viking takes a knight
14
Now I believe that we have the translation in our own hands.
Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen ...
15
He swayed in his own hands the thunder-bolts of this Olympian power.
Cord and Creese
16
The proletariat of Hungary has taken all power in its own hands.
The Red Conspiracy
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Canada
Common
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
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