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haul one's ashes

haul one's ashes verb: to move one's body; to move away, depart.

Verb

haul one's ashes (third-person singular simple present hauls one's ashes, present participle hauling one's ashes, simple past and past participle hauled one's ashes)

  1. (colloquial) To move one's body; to move away, depart.
    • Now ye and yore boys jest haul yore ashes and start makin' tracks back to the Yellowstone.1996, Matt Braun, Bloody Hand, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 222
    • "Then leave, you yeller-belly!" Luttie said. "You're paid up. Haul your ashes."
      "I believe I'll just do that little thing. I'm pullin' out...."2001, William W. Johnstone, Code of the Mountain Man, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 265
  2. (euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse.
    • "George Brent has got one hell of a schlong on him," Tabitha ventures.
      "And how!" Lucy agrees enthusiastically. "I'd haul his ashes for him any time."1989, Gilbert Sorrentino, Misterioso; republished in Pack of Lies, Dalkey Archive Press, 1997, →ISBN, page 349
    • Just do me a favor: if you decide to haul her ashes, don't tell Victory. He's got a crush on her, and so far she won't give him any play.2002, Stephen J. Cannell, The Viking Funeral, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 157
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of haul one's ashes

Forms of haul one's ashes

third-person singular presenthauls one's ashes
present participlehauling one's ashes
past participlehauled one's ashes
pasthauled one's ashes

Questions about haul one's ashes

What does haul one's ashes mean?
Haul one's ashes means to move one's body; to move away, depart.
What part of speech is haul one's ashes?
Haul one's ashes is a verb.
What is the past tense of haul one's ashes?
The past tense of haul one's ashes is hauled one's ashes.

Words near haul one's ashes in the dictionary

  1. haul down
  2. haul girl
  3. haul girls
  4. haul in
  5. haul off
  6. haul one's ashes
  7. haul out
  8. haul road
  9. haul roads
  10. haul someone over the coals
  11. haul tail

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