I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pull/drag/haul yourself into a position
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She pulled herself into a sitting position.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
coal
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Back in the study Edward Crumwallis collapsed into the chair usually reserved for boys whom he was hauling over the coals .
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A big dray horse might be suited to haul a coal wagon, a more delicate saddle horse to recreational riding.
court
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Suddenly the garage owner, whom you still employ to maintain the car, hauls you into court to block the sale.
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He was hauled before a court martial and stripped of his rank.
foot
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Scott grabbed him by the lapels and hauled him to his feet .
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When the wiry little creatures obstructed her again, she hauled them off their feet .
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A few minutes, and Aldhelm would have been stirring and hauling himself to his feet .
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Abruptly, he hauled himself to his feet , yawned and stretched.
train
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And how can horses, hundreds of horses, be hauled about by train ?
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She was recently hauled off a train by the police on some bureaucratic pretext and escorted under protest to the station.
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Merchant Navy class locomotive Port Line is schedule to be hauling this train .
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Is it when i t has been built, or completed its testing or hauls its first train ?
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The engines faced different ways on this occasion, each travelling chimney first when hauling the longer train .
wagon
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It hauled wagons up a I-in-8 slope.
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A big dray horse might be suited to haul a coal wagon , a more delicate saddle horse to recreational riding.
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Mothei; struggling on tiny bound feet, was hauling a wagon uphill in the snow.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
haul/rake/drag sb over the coals
pull/haul yourself up by your bootstraps
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At about five o'clock the beach was full of activity, with the fishermen hauling in their nets.
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Somehow we managed to haul the boat out of the water and onto the bank.
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The ship was hauling a load of iron ore.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Christians have hauled the Republican Party towards their views on abortion and school prayer.
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For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill.
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For instance, he interfered with the hauling of sludge, causing sludge to back up at the plant, they said.
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In Fujian, workers are carving roads into red clay hills, scaling bamboo scaffolding, hauling piles of stone.
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Mama didn't bother to invite him when she hauled over Lord George Sanger's circus two weeks ago.
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Then the nets would be hauled in.
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These men and women work through the night, hauling in the fish, then setting out their nets again.
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They hauled seine into nightfall and passed midnight.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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It is necessary to get things into perspective before the long haul to the Southern Hemisphere, though.
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Over the long haul , how you see others may be even more important in helping your dreams come true.
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Waterville Valley and the World Cup finals in late March was going to be a long haul .
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More plentiful adult material, about sexuality for the long haul , would have deepened the work.
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The long haul up to Blakey Rigg was actually quite entertaining.
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It sounds like hell over the long haul .
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Far from trying to develop their targets for the long haul , the Milken minions broke them up for quick gain.
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The county could subsidize the longer hauls from North County through a discount on tip fees.
short
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From the southern edge of this inland sea, it is only a short haul over the mountains to Los Angeles.
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Instead she has developed a strict routine for short haul trips to get her across her pain barrier.
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The S S Bodegraven was an elderly steam freighter, serviceable for short hauls but not built for military action.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a drugs haul
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San Antonio police seized their largest haul ever of crack cocaine.
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The police caught three men examining their haul in a house in north London.
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Trevino hid the haul in his mother's closet for over a year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the weighty haul may have proved too much for the raiders.
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Far from trying to develop their targets for the long haul , the Milken minions broke them up for quick gain.
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Given a perfectly uniform diet, this could have an effect since even a small increase adds up over the long haul .
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Miles per gallon Then, on a long haul , it wouldn't go up hill or overtake on the flat.
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The All-Star goalie collects hockey cards, and boasts a haul of nearly 100, 000.
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This may seem like a large haul , but trading standards officers insist it's just the tip of the iceberg.