haul up

1 of 2

intransitive verb

: to come to a stop

the child circled the room and hauled up in front of the visitor

haul-up

2 of 2

noun

plural -s

: a jack ladder having a V-shaped trough up which logs are drawn by a jack chain

Word History

Etymology

Noun

from haul up, verb

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