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51haul someone over the coals — If you haul someone over the coals, you reprimand them severely …
52haul round — ● haul …
53haul off and — US informal : to suddenly do (something specified) followed by a verb that expresses some kind of usually violent action She hauled off and punched him in the face. • • • Main Entry: ↑haul …
54haul-seine — see haul n. 4 …
55Haul trucks — are very large trucks that are used in open pit mining. Their capacities range from 250 to 350 tons. These trucks are built by Terex, Caterpillar, Komatsu or Liebherr, and are mostly used in copper, gold, coal or oil sands pits in Arizona,… …
56haul\ down\ one's\ colors — • haul down one s colors • strike one s colors v. phr. 1. To pull down a flag, showing you are beaten and want to stop fighting. After a long battle, the pirate captain hauled down his colors. 2. To admit you are beaten; say you want to quit.… …
57haul\ over\ the\ coals — • haul over the coals • rake over the coals v. phr. To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call. Syn.: dress down …
58haul (also N. Amer. rake) someone over the coals — reprimand someone severely. → coal …
59haul (someone) into (somewhere) — to use or threaten force to make someone go somewhere. He was hauled into court and fined ten dollars for not putting his garbage in sealed bags …
60haul (yourself) up by (your) bootstraps — haul/pull (yourself) up by (your) bootstraps to improve your situation by your own efforts without any help from other people. My father pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become one of the richest men in the country …