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hauling down

hauling down is the present participle and gerund of haul down.

Meaning of haul down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To violently cause to fall to the ground.
    • But the visitors' win was all but sealed when Diouf was hauled down by Tamas as he raced towards goal late on and the Romanian was duly sent off.2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC

Questions about hauling down

What is hauling down the present participle and gerund of?
Hauling down is the present participle and gerund of haul down.

Words near hauling down in the dictionary

  1. haulier
  2. hauliers
  3. hauling
  4. hauling around
  5. hauling ass
  6. hauling down
  7. hauling in
  8. hauling off
  9. hauling one's ashes
  10. hauling out
  11. hauling someone over the coals

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