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haul in

haul in verb: to force (a team) to stop scoring.

Verb

haul in (third-person singular simple present hauls in, present participle hauling in, simple past and past participle hauled in)

  1. To force (a team) to stop scoring.
    • City and Pep Guardiola have cast a shadow over Arsenal in recent years, not least when they hauled them in at the critical point of last season's title race, but this victory will surely give the Gunners huge self-belief.2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport
  2. (slang) To arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, in.

Forms of haul in

third-person singular presenthauls in
present participlehauling in
past participlehauled in
pasthauled in

Questions about haul in

What does haul in mean?
Haul in means to force (a team) to stop scoring.
What part of speech is haul in?
Haul in is a verb.
What is the past tense of haul in?
The past tense of haul in is hauled in.

Words near haul in in the dictionary

  1. haul around
  2. haul ass
  3. haul down
  4. haul girl
  5. haul girls
  6. haul in
  7. haul off
  8. haul one's ashes
  9. haul out
  10. haul road
  11. haul roads

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