clotheslined; clotheslining; clotheslines
: to knock down (someone, such as a football player) by catching by the neck with an outstretched arm
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Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
Drape it across a porch rail or clothesline, and beat out any extra dirt using a rug beater or broom.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
Jax Taylor needs to be bragging, shouting, bossing people around, and generally setting himself up to be clotheslined by fate at every opportunity.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
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Noun
This clothesline, which stretches up to 12 feet long, would have helped items dry faster and prevented our cabin from getting as messy.
—Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
Drape it across a porch rail or clothesline, and beat out any extra dirt using a rug beater or broom.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
Travis Jones beat guard Ben Cleveland inside and nearly clotheslined Henry to make the stop.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 23 July 2024
Jax Taylor needs to be bragging, shouting, bossing people around, and generally setting himself up to be clotheslined by fate at every opportunity.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Clothesline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clothesline. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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