haul down

verb

To violently cause to fall to the ground.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person hauls down · participle present hauling down · participle past hauled down · past hauled down

  1. transitiveTo 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
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APA

haul down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haul%20down

MLA

“haul down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haul%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haul down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haul%20down.

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