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LONG HAUL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A journey over a long distance
Example:
it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("long haul" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
Example:
he performed well over the long haul
Synonyms:
long haul; long run
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("long haul" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)