By eating one's own dog food, the development team found several critical bugs before the public release.

One eats one's own dog food to ensure the product meets real user needs.

Faced with the evidence, one brought one's own hide to market and admitted participation in the scheme.

One brings one's own hide to market when one refuses to admit error.

By stubbornly bringing one's own hide to market, she risked alienating her allies at the negotiation table.

After months of ignored complaints about the broken streetlights, she warned that anyone who took law into one's own hands would only make the situation worse.

When official channels failed, taking matters into one's own hands became the only way to get the project moving again.

When the community watched crime rise and the city did nothing, someone finally took the law into one's own hands.

Having taken the law into one's own hands, the vigilant shopkeeper was later arrested for assault.

The phrase 'took matters into one's own hands' perfectly described how Maria handled the stalled project.