haul up
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Definition
Verb (transitive or intransitive): 1. To bring or come to a stop; to cause a vehicle or vessel to stop. 2. To bring someone before an authority for questioning or reprimand; to summon.
Usage and Examples
- To stop a vehicle or vessel:
- The truck hauled up at the loading dock.
- The captain hauled up the ship just outside the harbor.
- To summon for reprimand or questioning:
- The manager hauled the employee up to explain the missing inventory.
- He was hauled up before the committee to answer the allegations.
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often implies a sudden, deliberate, or authoritative stop or summons.
- When used for questioning, it carries a connotation of being called to account, often for a perceived fault or mistake.
Variants and Related Words
- Haul: (Verb) To pull or drag with effort. This is the root verb from which the phrasal verb is derived.
- They used a tractor to haul the fallen tree.
Synonyms
- Pull up: (To stop a vehicle)
- Call in: (To summon for questioning)
- Summon: (To call authoritatively)
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Pull up: Very similar in meaning for stopping a vehicle. ()
- Drag up: To bring up an unpleasant or old topic. ()
Related Idioms
- To be hauled over the coals: To be severely reprimanded or criticized.
- He was hauled over the coals for his careless mistake.
Verb
- come to a halt after driving somewhere
- The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn
- The chauffeur hauled up in front of us