take a whack at someone/something

tv. to hit at someone or something. Jerry got an ax and took a whack at the tree but didn’t do much damage.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iared	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Evie	EE-vee, EV-ee	English
Corinne	[kəu'rin]
Rhonda	RAHN-də	English
Barra	-	Irish
Gennaro	-	Italian