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haul up

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haul something up (from something)
to drag or pull something up from below. Jeff hauled the bucket up from the bottom of the well. He hauled up the bucket.
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haul up (somewhere) and 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.
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Haul up your ship upon the land and pack it closely with stones all round to keep off the power of the winds which blow damply, and draw out the bilge-plug so that the rain of heaven may not rot it.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Then came on toil and difficulty, and they would be obliged to haul up the floundering animal with ropes.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
As for Clarence, how easy it would be to haul up one's slacks to practically an unlimited extent on the subject of his emotions at this time.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
 
 
 
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