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haul up
verb
informal(tr) to call to account or criticize
nautical to sail (a vessel) closer to the wind
Idioms and Phrases
Come to a halt, stop, as in We hauled up in front of the hotel .
Bring someone before a superior or other authority, call someone to account. For example, This was the third time he'd been hauled up before the judge . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
"So, when the electricity went on Friday morning, I lost all that capacity and I literally have to be hauled up off the chairs," he said.
He’s hauled up bicycles, guns, grenades, and jewelry from New York City waterways, promoting his exploits on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.
Maybe, the thinking went, the mice had scurried into firewood or other supplies hauled up the slopes by the Incas.
After packing their heavy gear — rope bags, rigging equipment, glide, head protector and Becker bar and slings — responders hauled up the trail to save Dakota.
Pieces of Lego are hauled up every week by fishermen off Cornwall, more than 25 years after a huge cargo ship spill.
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