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Meanings of haul down in English

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Usage of haul down in English
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Needham had not forgotten his resolve to haul down the Nicaraguan flag.
The Three Lieutenants
2
There was no enemy flag to haul down and no flags were hoisted.
How Jerusalem Was Won / Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign i...
3
Though it mock me, I will not haul down my flag.
Crowds / A Moving-Picture of Democracy
4
If she comes up alongside, we must haul down the flag.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
5
He did block seven shots and haul down nine rebounds.
Reuters
6
The rogues ran me aground, but they never made me haul down the flag.
Prisoner for Blasphemy
7
They hissed as he approached to haul down the flag.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
8
It should spike every cannon, and haul down every banner.
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist
9
I'll bet he'll haul down their flag before tomorrow morning.
The Woman with a Stone Heart / A Romance of the Philippine War
10
What I wanted to do was to reach up and haul down the sequined top.
Dead beat
11
In a short time she was compelled to haul down her colours, and ceased firing.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
12
To haul down the colors: to strike, to surrender.
The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Indepe...
13
I think, if the fog were to clear away, they would haul down their colours.
The Settlers in Canada
14
Quartermaster, standby to haul down that flag and show our colors at the first shot.
For Love of Country: A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the ...
15
Quick, run for'rad, haul down the stars and stripes, and hoist the Club flag instead.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
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Then it was '' haul down'' and ''clew up'' royals, flying-jib, and studding-sails, all at once.
Two Years Before the Mast
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