haul in
haul in · hauls in · hauled in · hauling in
To force to stop scoringTo force (a team) to stop scoring.
» The police have hauled in a suspect for questioning.
Meaning
3 sensesTo force (a team) to stop scoring.
(slang)To arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, in.
Examples
2 sentencesThe police have hauled in a suspect for questioning.
They hauled everything in large bags.
deSie schleppten alles in großen Säcken. — Yorwba
Forms
hauls in, hauling in, hauled in, hauled in| Base form | haul in · to haul in |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hauls in |
| Present participle | hauling in |
| Past simple | hauled in |
| Past participle | hauled in |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- haul upпідняти, дістатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, up.
- haul offTo alter course so as to get farther away from an object.
- haul outTo come out of the water, in order to rest
- haul inTo force (a team) to stop scoring.
- haul downTo violently cause to fall to the ground.
- haul aroundTo shift to any point of the compass.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb