- haul up (somewhere)
- haul up (somewhere) & pull up (somewhere)to stop somewhere; to come to rest somewhere. •
The car hauled up in front of the house.
•My hat blew away just as the bus pulled up to the stop.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
haul up (somewhere)
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