take a pop at

take a pop at someone

and take a poke at someone

to punch at someone. Willie took a pop at me, but I ducked. The drunk took a poke at the cop—which was the wrong thing to do.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tammy	TAM-ee	English
Jacqueline	zha-kə-LEEN (French), zhak-LEEN (French), JAK-ə-leen (English), JAK-ə-lin (English)	French, English
Therese	te-RE-zə (German), te-RES (Swedish), tə-REES (English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Prudence	['pru:dəns]
Phirun	-	Khmer
Tielo	-	Medieval German