Answer: clotheslined

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clotheslinedCLOTHESLINE, to knock (a person) down with a blow to the neck (or sometimes head), esp by placing an outstretched arm in his or her path
clotheslined(chiefly in football and other games) Knock down (a runner) by placing one's outstretched arm in the runner's path at neck level