- haul something up (from something)
- haul something up† (from something)to drag or pull something up from below. •
Jeff hauled the bucket up from the bottom of the well.
•He hauled up the bucket.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
haul something up (from something)
Look at other dictionaries:
haul — haul1 [ hɔl ] verb transitive * 1. ) to pull or carry something heavy from one place to another with a lot of effort: DRAG: Rescue workers attached the men to ropes before hauling them to safety. haul something/someone to/up/into etc.: I hauled… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
haul — [hôl] vt. [17th c. phonetic sp. of HALE2 < ME halen < OFr haler, to draw < ODu halen, akin to Ger holen, to fetch < IE base * kel , to cry out (> L calare): basic sense “to call hither”] 1. to pull with force; move by pulling or… … English World dictionary
haul — ▪ I. haul haul 1 [hɔːl ǁ hɒːl] verb [transitive] 1. TRANSPORT if a train or truck hauls goods, it takes them from one place to another: • The freight train hauled the load of 240 tons with ease. • Union Pacific hauls garbage from Seattle to a … Financial and business terms
haul — I UK [hɔːl] / US [hɔl] verb [transitive] Word forms haul : present tense I/you/we/they haul he/she/it hauls present participle hauling past tense hauled past participle hauled * 1) to pull or carry something heavy from one place to another with a … English dictionary
haul — /hawl/, v.t. 1. to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach. 2. to cart or transport; carry: He hauled freight. 3. to cause to descend; lower (often fol. by down): to haul down the flag. 4. to arrest… … Universalium
haul — {{11}}haul (n.) 1660s, act of hauling, from HAUL (Cf. haul) (v.). Meaning something gained is from 1776, perhaps on notion of drawing a profit, or of the catch from hauling fishing nets. Meaning distance over which something must be hauled… … Etymology dictionary
haul — [hɔːl] verb [T] I 1) to pull or carry something that is heavy from one place to another with a lot of effort Syn: drag I hauled my luggage to the nearest hotel.[/ex] 2) to move someone by pulling them Syn: drag He grasped Judy s arm and hauled… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
haul your ashes — American (of a male) to copulate The imagery is from the extraction of matter from a furnace which is red and glowing, perhaps owing something to a meaning of haul, to harm another physically, with the common violent imagery: I… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
long haul — noun 1. a journey over a long distance (Freq. 1) it s a long haul from New York to Los Angeles • Hypernyms: ↑journey, ↑journeying 2. a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out in the long run we will win in the long run we… … Useful english dictionary
The Long Haul (book) — Infobox Book name = The Long Haul, An autobiography title orig = translator = image caption = author = Myles Horton illustrator = cover artist = country = United States of America language = English series = subject = genre = Autobiography… … Wikipedia
To haul in one's horns — Horn Horn (h[^o]rn), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[ u]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke ras, and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [,c]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English