Function: 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>
Function: 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>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012