Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, literally, uncountable)A long distance.

    a journey over a long distance

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A long time; the long term; an extended period; a long-running endeavour.

    Near-synonym: long game

    I thought it would be a short project, but now it looks like I'm in it for the long haul.

    a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

Examples

8 sentences
  1. I'm in it for the long haul.

    Я буду займатися цим до переможного кінця. — deniko

  2. We're here for the long haul.

    ruМы здесь надолго. — xmoffx

  3. We're in for the long haul.

  4. We're in this for the long haul.

  5. We're in it for the long haul.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: long hauls

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out:long run

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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