(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something which is heavy or difficult to move, you move it using a lot of effort.
A crane had to be used to ~ the car out of the stream...
She ~ed up her bedroom window and leaned out.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V adv n
2.
If someone is ~ed before a court or someone in authority, they are made to appear before them because they are accused of having done something wrong.
He was ~ed before the managing director and fired.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed before n
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Haul up means the same as ~ .
He was ~ed up before the Board of Trustees...
PHRASAL VERB: usu passive
3.
A ~ is a quantity of things that are stolen, or a quantity of stolen or illegal goods found by police or customs.
The size of the drugs ~ shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing...
N-COUNT: with supp
4.
If you say that a task or a journey is a long ~, you mean that it takes a long time and a lot of effort.
Revitalising the Romanian economy will be a long ~.
PHRASE
see also long-~