take a run at (someone)

To assault someone; to approach or run toward someone with the aim of harming them. I was passing by these two dodgy-looking guys in the street when, all of a sudden, one of them took a run at me! The next thing I knew I'd been knocked down in the street and all my belongings were gone.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Theresia	[ti'ri:zjə]
Moreland	['mɔ:lənd]
Gerd (1)	GERT (German), KHERT (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Leocadius	-	Late Roman
Bart	[ba:t]
Aletha	-	English