haul up
Britishverb
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informal (tr) to call to account or criticize
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nautical to sail (a vessel) closer to the wind
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Come to a halt, stop, as in We hauled up in front of the hotel .
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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]
Example Sentences
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Then it will take more time to hunt and haul up the wreckage.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 17, 2023
WSU signed seven Division I transfers in January, bringing their offseason recruiting haul up to 30 players — a class that also includes five junior college products who joined the program in December.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
“He’s got to haul up there and catch that football.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2022
“They were originally designed to haul up abalone, but they overfished it from San Francisco to San Diego. Now, they’re used to harvest sea urchin.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
He’d installed a pulley system to haul up a two-gallon water container he kept on the deck.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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