Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
to haul back .
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Examples
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We try to structure gigs and fund-raising events so that travel, lodging, and rental of the back-line equipment are covered or likely to be covered.
Mike Ragogna: Just A Juggalo: Chatting with Insane Clown Posse, Plus Audio Fidelity's Marshall Blonstein and N.E.D. (No Evidence of Disease) Mike Ragogna 2011
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We try to structure gigs and fund-raising events so that travel, lodging, and rental of the back-line equipment are covered or likely to be covered.
Mike Ragogna: Just A Juggalo: Chatting with Insane Clown Posse, Plus Audio Fidelity's Marshall Blonstein and N.E.D. (No Evidence of Disease) Mike Ragogna 2011
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In that frigid parking lot, Bud directed the bands to assemble - guitarists over here, bass players over there, drummers over there - to work out amongst themselves who would bring which back-line equipment.
Banding together in the spirit of musical battles John Kelly 2010
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There was a ruggedness, too, to a back-line strengthened by the arrival of Ben Foster, which suggests they will quickly hoist themselves away from the foot of the table.
Chelsea manager shrugs off heckles and looks to rectify familiar faults 2011
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In that frigid parking lot, Bud directed the bands to assemble - guitarists over here, bass players over there, drummers over there - to work out amongst themselves who would bring which back-line equipment.
Banding together in the spirit of musical battles John Kelly 2010
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The manager has lost all four of his specialist full-backs, together with Johan Djourou, the centre-half who has provided cover at right-back of late, and Wenger will once again string four central defenders across his back-line for the trip to Aston Villa on Wednesday night.
Arsenal consider loan options after injury setback for Kieran Gibbs 2011
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Ultra-fast wingers Adam Ashley-Cooper and Digby Ioane can cut defenses to shreds, full-back Kurtley Beale is arguably the world's premier counter-attacker while James O'Connor is a dynamic runner who has played everywhere across the back-line.
Watch Out for Flying Wallabies Jonathan Clegg 2011
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"They are the innovators when it comes to back-line play," said Brian O'Driscoll, the Ireland captain, at a news conference in New Zealand this week.
Watch Out for Flying Wallabies Jonathan Clegg 2011
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Today, almost every team has one of these behemoths in the back-line—think England's Manu Tuilagi, Jamie Roberts, of Wales, or All-Blacks center Sonny Bill Williams, who doubles as a professional boxer.
Watch Out for Flying Wallabies Jonathan Clegg 2011
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This was a re-jigged back-line, Matthew Upson's hamstring strain requiring James Tomkins 'involvement at centre-half alongside Da Costa, with the full-backs similarly replaced.
West Ham United spring to life to overrun Stoke City in extra-time Dominic Fifield at Upton Park 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word back-line
What do we think the definition from the Century means? ("See to haul back.") Is it like haul up or haul off?
August 26, 2022