verb
take away by means of a vehicle
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They carted off the old furniture
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
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intransitive verb : to get ready often on the spur of the moment
haul off and hit him
what makes you think you can haul off and leave here without paying me? — Erskine Caldwell
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ˌhaul ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they haul off he/she/it hauls off present participle hauling off past tense hauled off past participle hauled off] phrasal verb
to take someone away to a place they do not want to go
Most of the protesters were hauled off to the police station.
Thesaurus: to go somewhere with someone or somethingsynonym
Main entry: haul
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■ withdraw a little in preparation for some action
he hauled off and smacked the kid
Useful english dictionary. 2012.