clothesline

1. (Canada, US, informal, transitive) To knock (a person) over by striking them across the neck or upper body with an outstretched arm, mimicking the motion of running into a low clothesline.Examples: "The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back."; "One beast jams out its arm, as if to clothesline me, jagged claws poised to take my head off at the neck. I let my feet fall from under me, throwing my legs forward, praying for some momentum, ducking and sliding, a mad limbo to freedom."; ""I turned around and the next thing I was taken out by this big guy. I'm not sure if he punched me or clothes-lined me," he said."CanadaUSinformaltransitive