haul in

verb

To force (a team) to stop scoring.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. hobbiesTo force (a team) to stop scoring.

    City and Pep Guardiola have cast a shadow over Arsenal in recent years, not least when they hauled them in at the critical point of last season's title race, but this victory will surely give the Gunners huge self-belief.

    2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport
  2. slangTo arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, in.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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