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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.

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Examples

  • As a derbygirl, myself, I welcome anything derby...although in the trailer it shows someone being clotheslined which is no longer in fashion in our rule book.

    Whip It Movie Trailer | /Film 2009

  • He has hit a dead pine tree lying above the creek and was effectively 'clotheslined' by it.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By NATALIE AKOORIE 2010

  • He has hit a dead pine tree lying above the creek and was effectively 'clotheslined' by it.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By NATALIE AKOORIE 2010

  • Hamilton Police Acting Senior Sergeant Pete Whittaker said the Polynesian woman was effectively "clotheslined" by the dead pine tree which was lying across and above the creek.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • He has hit a dead pine tree lying above the creek and was effectively 'clotheslined' by it.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By NATALIE AKOORIE 2010

  • He has hit a dead pine tree lying above the creek and was effectively 'clotheslined' by it.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By NATALIE AKOORIE 2010

  • Claiborne is shot out of a cannon after receiving the kickoff and is quickly clotheslined.

    Alabama 21 LSU 0 - as it happened! | Michael Solomon 2012

  • She stopped, going from high speed to stationary in an instant, arm outstretched, and it clotheslined me.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • She stopped, going from high speed to stationary in an instant, arm outstretched, and it clotheslined me.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • As Mr. Mineo tried to escape, one officer “clotheslined” him, James testified.

    Crime Waves: 'The Terror Trial Truck' 2010

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