make a haul
Example Sentences
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First off, the crew must "scoop" for "chum," i.e., make a haul for anchovetas, to be used for bait.
From Time Magazine Archive
If we do not now make a haul, we are good-for-nothing cowards and are playing in bad luck.
From Four Arthurian Romances by Comfort, William Wistar
I expect we shall make a haul, as—for everybody's sake concerned—they wouldn't dare let their clients out, to fall into a trap.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
They jumped into what was left of the trenches, expecting to make a haul of prisoners; but they found the Americans ready for them.
I have noticed that Krauss is one of the loudest in crowing whenever we make a haul of contraband; it has struck me that his enthusiasm is a bit overdone.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)
