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
Hesekiel	HE-se-kee-el	Finnish (Rare)
Uranus	yuw-RAY-nəs (English), YUWR-ən-əs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Lynda	LIN-də	English
Lisa	['li:zə]
Dinh	-	Vietnamese
Levi	['li:vai]