haul up

British  

verb

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

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

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haul up Idioms  

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

2. 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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Example Sentences

Since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by long line ropes that commercial crabbers use to haul up cages from the sea floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

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

Sampling the zooplankton, as Johnson did, can haul up the organisms for identification, but it blurs the nuances of time and location that could indicate where each animal was in its journey.

From Scientific American • Aug. 20, 2022

She would interrupt herself so we could watch lobster fishermen haul up their traps, help the crew raise the 500-pound anchor or refuel after an intense knitting session.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2017

The grinding, dusty haul up the Alaska Highway was Chris’s first visit to the Far North.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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