take the law on

Example Sentences

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The veteran opposition leader, who lost his fifth bid for the presidency, urged his supporters to maintain peace and not take the law on their own hands, at a media briefing in the capital.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2022

"He'll be afeard you might take the law on him."

From Eric by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

Well, sur, I'll take the law on you right away.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Furniss, Harry

Aunt Sonora hoped there wouldn't be nothin' did wrong, "so people could take the law on 'em."

From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.

“He’ll be afeared you might take the law on him.”

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)