to haul around

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to haul around - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Haul \Haul\, v. i.
     1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the
        wind. See under Haul, v. t.
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              I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an
              island.                               --Cook.
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     2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
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     To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the
        compass; -- said of the wind.
  
     To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order
        to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to
        draw back.
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