take the law into one's own hands (English, verb)
expansion: take the law into one's own hands (third-person singular simple present takes the law into one's own hands, present participle taking the law into one's own hands, simple past took the law into one's own hands, past participle taken the law into one's own hands)
Senses:
glosses: To punish someone according to one's own idea of justice, without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: takes the law into one's own hands
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking the law into one's own hands
tags: participle
present
form: took the law into one's own hands
tags: past
form: taken the law into one's own hands
tags: participle
past
form: take law into one's own hands
tags: alternative
form: take the law into one's hands
tags: alternative