Haul
verb
To pull or carry something heavy.
I had to haul the groceries up four flights of stairs
Often appears as...
- haul up
- haul in
noun
The act of pulling or carrying something heavy.
It was a long haul from the mine to the port
Often appears as...
- long haul
- steep haul
noun
The amount that was received from something, such as a robbery or fishing.
The robbers' haul from the bank was massive
Often appears as...
- big haul
- small haul
verb
To take somebody somewhere, especially when they do not want to go there.
The police hauled him into the station for questioning
Often appears as...
- haul in for questioning
- haul before a judge
noun
A distance to travel or transport something.
It's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles
Often appears as...
- long haul
- short haul
verb
To pull or carry something heavy.
I had to haul the groceries up four flights of stairs
Often appears as...
- haul up
- haul in
noun
The act of pulling or carrying something heavy.
It was a long haul from the mine to the port
Often appears as...
- long haul
- steep haul
noun
The amount that was received from something, such as a robbery or fishing.
The robbers' haul from the bank was massive
Often appears as...
- big haul
- small haul
verb
To take somebody somewhere, especially when they do not want to go there.
The police hauled him into the station for questioning
Often appears as...
- haul in for questioning
- haul before a judge
noun
A distance to travel or transport something.
It's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles
Often appears as...
- long haul
- short haul
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Emphasizes the effort required to move something. Often suggests tiredness.
After hauling the sofa, I needed a break.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Task
Can imply being caught off guard by the need to move something.
I ended up having to haul their luggage too.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Emphasizes the effort required to move something. Often suggests tiredness.
After hauling the sofa, I needed a break.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Task
Can imply being caught off guard by the need to move something.
I ended up having to haul their luggage too.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Emphasizes the effort required to move something. Often suggests tiredness.
After hauling the sofa, I needed a break.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Task
Can imply being caught off guard by the need to move something.
I ended up having to haul their luggage too.
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The coelacanth: A living...
that promotes limb development in land vertebrates. So although the coelacanth itself isn't a land-walker, its fins do resemble those of its close relatives who first hauled their bodies onto land with the help of these sturdy, flexible appendages, acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed.
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The myth of Loki and the...
and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason. But his horse Svadilfari was hauling a load of stones so massive
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John Searle: Our shared...
Is that absolute, like force and mass and gravitational attraction? Or is it observer-relative? Well, some computations are intrinsic. I add two plus two to get four. That's going on no matter what anybody thinks. But when I haul out my pocket calculator
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
Terrified of his master, he will not run away, and since he's been treated with cruelty all his life, he passes that down to the younger slaves that he manages. I met these boys at five in the morning, when they were hauling in the last of their nets,
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Rescuing Adorable Grey...
winter months one of our much-loved marine mammals hauls out onto beaches to give birth now these beaches are of vital importance because the uk is home to nearly half the world's population of this species and that is the grey seal
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Lessons we can learn...
bunch of men and women clad in identical great t-shirts emblazoned with the words Rubicon they came there to help residents comb through the debris for their possessions and their keepsakes then haul away what couldn't be salvaged
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
calm and careful if anything happens don't despair I'll be the one to make decisions we will be very safe is Carlos's life so we will be careful Carlos has no idea what to expect Julio's team alone has hauled out more
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Sewer Diver Loves His...
and careful if anything happens don't despair I'll be the one to make decisions we will be very safe these Carlos's life so we will be careful Carlos has no idea what to expect Julio's team alone has hauled out more
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Baby Elephant's Adorable...
she's taking the hard way out of the water haul up you come you can do it you can do it Wendy lends a helping trunk the help was that hindrance no that's help in times of real need the nannies are still there
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Drugs with Hot Sauce PIPE...
about eighteen thousand dollars right there was the marijuana it's a big haul but the officers have no time to celebrate it's only two hours into their chef and help is needed back on the line
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The coelacanth: A living...
that promotes limb development in land vertebrates. So although the coelacanth itself isn't a land-walker, its fins do resemble those of its close relatives who first hauled their bodies onto land with the help of these sturdy, flexible appendages, acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed.
Video examples
The myth of Loki and the...
and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason. But his horse Svadilfari was hauling a load of stones so massive
Video examples
John Searle: Our shared...
Is that absolute, like force and mass and gravitational attraction? Or is it observer-relative? Well, some computations are intrinsic. I add two plus two to get four. That's going on no matter what anybody thinks. But when I haul out my pocket calculator
Video examples
Lisa Kristine: Photos...
Terrified of his master, he will not run away, and since he's been treated with cruelty all his life, he passes that down to the younger slaves that he manages. I met these boys at five in the morning, when they were hauling in the last of their nets,
Video examples
Rescuing Adorable Grey...
winter months one of our much-loved marine mammals hauls out onto beaches to give birth now these beaches are of vital importance because the uk is home to nearly half the world's population of this species and that is the grey seal
Video examples
Lessons we can learn...
bunch of men and women clad in identical great t-shirts emblazoned with the words Rubicon they came there to help residents comb through the debris for their possessions and their keepsakes then haul away what couldn't be salvaged
Video examples
Sewer Diving PIPE National...
calm and careful if anything happens don't despair I'll be the one to make decisions we will be very safe is Carlos's life so we will be careful Carlos has no idea what to expect Julio's team alone has hauled out more
Video examples
Sewer Diver Loves His...
and careful if anything happens don't despair I'll be the one to make decisions we will be very safe these Carlos's life so we will be careful Carlos has no idea what to expect Julio's team alone has hauled out more
Video examples
Baby Elephant's Adorable...
she's taking the hard way out of the water haul up you come you can do it you can do it Wendy lends a helping trunk the help was that hindrance no that's help in times of real need the nannies are still there
Video examples
Drugs with Hot Sauce PIPE...
about eighteen thousand dollars right there was the marijuana it's a big haul but the officers have no time to celebrate it's only two hours into their chef and help is needed back on the line
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Mark Hoppus
American Musician
Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.
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Kirk Cousins
American Athlete
I want to be where I'm wanted, and that's what I've said all along. When a team is willing to step up and commit to me fully for the long haul, then why would I want to be anywhere else?
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Jeremy Podeswa
Canadian Director
You have to think about storytelling over the long haul: what is going to engage an audience for, potentially, years and how characters can become deeply involving for an audience.
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Bear Grylls
British Explorer
For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
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Darryl Pinckney
American Novelist
When writing on black life, whites have often been unwelcome, usually called upon to give witness or hauled in as the accused.
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Leslie Marmon Silko
American Writer
Writing can't change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.
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Grant Bowler
Australian Actor
A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.
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Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave.
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Isaac Hanson
American Musician
We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul.
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Lenny Kravitz
American Musician
I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.
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Mark Hoppus
American Musician
Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.
Quote examples
Kirk Cousins
American Athlete
I want to be where I'm wanted, and that's what I've said all along. When a team is willing to step up and commit to me fully for the long haul, then why would I want to be anywhere else?
Quote examples
Jeremy Podeswa
Canadian Director
You have to think about storytelling over the long haul: what is going to engage an audience for, potentially, years and how characters can become deeply involving for an audience.
Quote examples
Bear Grylls
British Explorer
For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
Quote examples
Darryl Pinckney
American Novelist
When writing on black life, whites have often been unwelcome, usually called upon to give witness or hauled in as the accused.
Quote examples
Leslie Marmon Silko
American Writer
Writing can't change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.
Quote examples
Grant Bowler
Australian Actor
A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.
Quote examples
Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave.
Quote examples
Isaac Hanson
American Musician
We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul.
Quote examples
Lenny Kravitz
American Musician
I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.
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