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
Joiner	['dʒɔinə]
Karl	KAHRL (German, Danish, English, Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Pace	[peis]
Lulu (2)	-	Arabic
Rodgers	['rɔdʒəz]
Hayk	-	Armenian