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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

take the laws

Please help me explain "he shouldn't have taken the laws into his hands."

"He should have phoned the police. However angry he was, he shouldn't have taken the laws into his hands."

Thanks very much.
  

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“to take the law into your own hands” it means to do something illegal in order to punish someone. Someone can take the law into his hands if he believes that the authorities will not take action

  • “to take the law into your own hands” it means to do something illegal in order to punish someone.
  • Someone can take the law into his hands if he believes that the authorities will not take action
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“to take the law into your own hands” it means to do something illegal in order to punish someone.

Someone can take the law into his hands if he believes that the authorities will not take action

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