take a swipe at
Example Sentences
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He celebrated the U.S. men’s hockey team, though he still had to take a swipe at the equally successful women’s team that skipped the speech.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
In July, she dropped debut single Angel of My Dreams, and she kicked off 2025 with a banger: a dance-pop track called It girl, which appears to take a swipe at the wider music industry.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
The silver lining of all of this inaction for McCarthy, at least, has been an opportunity to take a swipe at Scalise, whom he has long distrusted.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2023
James’ tweet did not actually take a swipe at all officers but was responding to the Columbus case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
Dylan and I both lean into one another and duck our heads, just in case whatever that was tries to take a swipe at us.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
