"haul in" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hauls in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauling in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauled in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauled in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "haul in (third-person singular simple present hauls in, present participle hauling in, simple past and past participle hauled in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "City and Pep Guardiola have cast a shadow over Arsenal in recent years, not least when they hauled them in at the critical point of last season's title race, but this victory will surely give the Gunners huge self-belief.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force (a team) to stop scoring."
      ],
      "id": "en-haul_in-en-verb-sj7d~jC6",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To force (a team) to stop scoring."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 52 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"in\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 63 16",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-haul_in-en-verb-S2o1VYUf",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, in."
      ],
      "id": "en-haul_in-en-verb-dKC-vFuB",
      "links": [
        [
          "haul",
          "haul#English"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "haul in"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"in\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hauls in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauling in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauled in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauled in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "haul in (third-person singular simple present hauls in, present participle hauling in, simple past and past participle hauled in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "City and Pep Guardiola have cast a shadow over Arsenal in recent years, not least when they hauled them in at the critical point of last season's title race, but this victory will surely give the Gunners huge self-belief.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force (a team) to stop scoring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To force (a team) to stop scoring."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "haul",
          "haul#English"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "haul in"
}