take one's life in one's hands
(Redirected from take one's life in one's own hands)
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[edit]take one's life in one's hands (third-person singular simple present takes one's life in one's hands, present participle taking one's life in one's hands, simple past took one's life in one's hands, past participle taken one's life in one's hands)
- To take a great risk; to risk death.
- You take your life in your hands when you travel through that bandit country.