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

  • (..) REPORTER: Experts estimate there are over tons of exotic material... Hey, chief! We have another load from yesterday. We're supposed to turn this in, right? I ain't hauling it. It's too bad. We could have made some cool stuff from all that alien junk. I tell you what. Let's keep it. (..)
    2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • (..) - What's going on? - I don't know. Toothless, you gotta get us out of here, bud. It looks like they're hauling in their kill. What does that make us? What my dad wouldn't give to find this. It's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole. (..)
    2010 How to Train Your Dragon
  • (..) use them to make Brawndo? 'Cause Brawndo's got electrolytes. Man, I hope somethin' grows fast. Yeah. So we can haul our ass back home. Man. You really think those people would have starved to death? I don't know. I mean, how did the world ever get like this? (..)
    2006 Idiocracy