- haul off
- {v.} To move suddenly. - Used with "and" usually before a verb like "hit" or "kick". * /Ed hauled off and hit the other boy in the nose./ * /Lee hauled off and threw a touchdown pass./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
haul off
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haul off — verb take away by means of a vehicle They carted off the old furniture • Syn: ↑cart off, ↑cart away, ↑haul away • Hypernyms: ↑take away, ↑take out • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
haul off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms haul off : present tense I/you/we/they haul off he/she/it hauls off present participle hauling off past tense hauled off past participle hauled off to take someone away to a place they do not want to go Most… … English dictionary
haul off and — US informal : to suddenly do (something specified) followed by a verb that expresses some kind of usually violent action She hauled off and punched him in the face. • • • Main Entry: ↑haul … Useful english dictionary
haul off — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take, cart off, truck off, drag off, appropriate; see remove 1 … English dictionary for students
haul off — N. Amer. informal leave. → haul … English new terms dictionary
haul off — {v.} To move suddenly. Used with and usually before a verb like hit or kick . * /Ed hauled off and hit the other boy in the nose./ * /Lee hauled off and threw a touchdown pass./ … Dictionary of American idioms
haul\ off — v To move suddenly. Used with and usually before a verb like hit or kick . Ed hauled off and hit the other boy in the nose. Lee hauled off and threw a touchdown pass … Словарь американских идиом
haul off — intransitive verb Date: 1843 to get ready used with and and a following verb describing a usually sudden and violent act < I hauled off and hit him > … New Collegiate Dictionary
haul off — verb a) To alter course so as to get farther away from an object. He just hauled off and socked him in the jaw. b) To leave … Wiktionary
To haul off — Haul Haul, v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under {Haul}, v. t. [1913 Webster] I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook. [1913 Webster] 2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
