take a swing at

take a swing at someone

to attempt to punch someone. He took a swing at me! Tom took a swing at Bob, but Bob ducked out of the way.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Amyntas	-	Ancient Greek
Nikki	NIK-ee	English
ÂNgela	AN-zhə-lə	Portuguese
Teresa	te-RE-sah (Spanish, Polish), te-RE-zah (Italian, German), TE-re-sah (Finnish), tə-REE-sə (English), tə-REE-zə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Harris	HAR-is, HER-is	English
Krisna	KREES-nah	Indonesian