Attack and knock the sailor unconscious (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
lay about
'attack' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'knock the sailor unconscious' is the wordplay.
'knock' becomes 'lay' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'unconscious' becomes 'out' (similar in meaning).
'lay'+'ab'+'out'='LAY ABOUT'
'and' acts as a link.
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