Take a poke at
Hit with one’s fist, as in If you don’t quit teasing I’ll take a poke at you. [ ; c. 1930 ]
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- Take a pop at
take a peek
- Take a potshot at someone
take a potshot at someone
- Take a rain check
take a potshot at someone take a rain check see: rain check
- Take a run at someone
take a run at someone
- Take as gospel
Also, take for gospel . Believe absolutely, regard as true, as in We took every word of his as gospel, but in fact he was often mistaken . This idiom, first recorded in 1496, uses gospel in the sense of the absolute truth. Also see gospel truth