haul

Definition

  • verb: to pull or drag (something) with effort
  • verb: to exert traction on
  • synonyms: draw, drag

Examples

  • It's going to be a tough project but we're in it 'for the long haul'. [=we are prepared to work on the project until it is completed]

  • Authorities seized the drugs in one of the biggest drug 'hauls' in the history of the county.

  • I arrived late for the meeting and was immediately 'hauled over the coals' by my boss.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) another man, he's a hero, but when he tries to rescue a woman, he's just gone soft. Could you have pulled that man clear? You couldn't even haul your own body weight out of the water today. Permission to get dressed, Master Chief. Mr. England went out with a stress fracture. (..)
    1997 G.I. Jane
  • (..) - Mr. Wickwire. - Ten-hut! Muster back here at ... in your greens. Haul out! Class! As you were. Sergeant Cortez, however brief your stay with this command might be, there are two words you will learn (..)
    1997 G.I. Jane