clothesline
To knock over by striking them across the neck or upper body with an outstretched arm,…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.
» My shirt is drying on the clothesline.
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1 senses(Australia, Canada, US, informal)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.
The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.
Examples
23 sentencesMy shirt is drying on the clothesline.
Tom hung his clothes on the clothesline.
Tom hung the laundry on the clothesline.
Tom strung a clothesline between the two trees.
ruТом натянул между двумя деревьями верёвку для сушки белья. — marafon
Tom hung the wet clothes on the clothesline.
Origin
From clothes + line.From clothes + line.
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Forms
clotheslines, clotheslining, clotheslined, clotheslined| Base form | clothesline · to clothesline |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | clotheslines |
| Present participle | clotheslining |
| Past simple | clotheslined |
| Past participle | clotheslined |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle