charge at

charge at (someone or something)

To aggressively rush toward someone or something, as to attack. The crowd gasped as the bull charged at the matador. When that obnoxious guy charged at me, I ducked, and he ended up punching the wall.
See also: charge
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

charge at someone or something

to move quickly forward to attack someone or something. The elephant charged at the hunter. I was afraid that the water buffalo was going to charge our vehicle.
See also: charge
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • charge at (someone or something)
  • charge down on
  • charge down on (someone or something)
  • charge off
  • rush at
  • rush at (someone or something)
  • take (someone or something) before (someone or something)
  • take before
  • cut (one) a break
  • cut someone a break
References in classic literature
"I had no intention of fighting to-day, sir; I was charged, indeed, with a mission to the cardinal and had set out for Rueil, when, seeing Monsieur de Chatillon charge, an invincible desire possessed me to charge at his side.
Twenty Years After
But I hope," he said, "that all three don't charge at once."
Tarzan the Untamed
Cramlington Health Centre, Forum Way, Cramlington: No charge at the moment but changes are being considered.
The cost of a jab
The new data from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Va., reveal a slight positive charge at the neutron's center and a slight negative charge at its surface.
Not-so-neutral neutron: clearer view of neutron reveals charged locales
While the price control on ATM fees (setting the transaction charge at a maximum of $0.00) is doomed to fail for consumers, it is almost guaranteed to succeed for consumer advocates.
Cash money: how consumer activists sabotage ATM customers
Like poles on a magnet, the negative charge at the bottom of the thundercloud and the positive charge of the ground are attracted to each other.
Electricity in the sky
Of those institutions that levied a fee, the average charge at banks in 1993 was less than half of the charge for NSF checks, while it was about half of the NSF charge at savings associations.
Recent trends in retail fees and services of depository institutions