v.
    - pull or drag with effort or force.
 - transport in a truck or cart.
 - (of a sailing ship) change course abruptly.
 - 
(haul off)
 N. Amer. informal leave. 
▸withdraw slightly before doing something.
 
n.
   - a quantity of something obtained, especially illegally.
 - a number of fish caught at one time.
 - a distance to be travelled.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - haul someone over the coals
 see coal. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  C16 (orig. in the naut. sense ‘trim sails for sailing closer to the wind’): var. of hale2.