take matters into your own hands:

Of a male, to masturbate , based on the standard sense of this expression meaning to take charge of a situation. See masturbation-male for synonyms.

QUOTE: Agent 3.14 (Nicolette Sheridan) to WD40 / Dick Steel (Leslie Nielsen) in Spy Hard (1998): ' Do you always take matters into your own hands? '

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