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
Rhona	-	Scottish
Darejani	-	Georgian
Firouzeh	-	Persian
Anton	AHN-tawn (German), ahn-TON (Russian, Ukrainian), AHN-ton (Finnish)	German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedo
Humphrey	HUM-free	English
Pemphero	pem-PAY-ro	Southern African, Chewa