take a swipe at someone/something

1. tv. to hit at someone or something. Max took a swipe at the cop by mistake.

2. tv. to have a try at someone or something. I will probably fail, but I’ll take a swipe at it.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chance	[tʃæns]
Biljana	-	Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian
Dawid	DAH-veet (Polish)	Polish, Biblical Hebrew
Oedipus	ED-i-pəs (English), EED-i-pəs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Walters	[.wɔ:ltəz]
Klaus	KLOWS (German, Finnish)	German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish