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1. Come to a halt, stop, as in We hauled up in front of the hotel. 2. Bring someone before a superior or other authority, call someone to account. For example, This was the third time he'd been hauled up before the judge. [Mid-1800s]
American Heritage Idioms
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general::
Phrase(s): haul up (somewhere) [and] pull up (somewhere)
to stop somewhere; to come to rest somewhere. • The car hauled up in front of the house. • My hat blew away just as the bus pulled up to the stop., Phrase(s): haul something up (from something)
to drag or pull something up from below. • Jeff hauled the bucket up from the bottom of the well. • He hauled up the bucket.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs