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View synonyms for haul up

haul up

verb

  1. informal,  (tr) to call to account or criticize

  2. nautical to sail (a vessel) closer to the wind

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Come to a halt, stop, as in We hauled up in front of the hotel .

Bring someone before a superior or other authority, call someone to account. For example, This was the third time he'd been hauled up before the judge . [Mid-1800s]

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