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haul off

/hɔːl ɒf/

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verb

/hɔːl ɒf/C1formalamerican
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий внезапно оттащить или переместить что-либо, или приготовиться ударить или бросить что-либо, часто используется в неформальной речи.

A phrasal verb meaning to suddenly pull or move something away, or to prepare to strike or throw something, often used informally.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. To pull or drag awayinformalamerican

    To forcefully pull or drag something or someone away from a place.

    ruОттащить

    • The police hauled off the protester from the scene.
    • He hauled off the heavy box to the storage room.
    • They hauled off the old furniture to the dump.

    Synonymshaul awaypull awaypull off

  2. To prepare to strikeinformalamerican

    To draw back one's arm or fist in preparation to hit someone or something.

    ruЗамахнуться

    • He hauled off and punched the wall in frustration.
    • She hauled off and slapped him across the face.
    • The boxer hauled off and delivered a powerful blow.

    Synonymscockdraw backpull backrear backwind up

Forms
  • hauled off past participle
  • hauled off past simple
  • hauling off present participle
  • hauls off third person singular

Base verbhaul

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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