LONG HAUL
Dictionary entry overview: What does long haul mean?
• LONG HAUL (noun)
The noun LONG HAUL has 2 senses:
1. a journey over a long distance
2. a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
Familiarity information: LONG HAUL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LONG HAUL (noun)
Meaning:
A journey over a long distance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles
Hypernyms ("long haul" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Meaning:
A period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
long run; long haul
Context examples:
in the long run we will win / in the long run we will all be dead / he performed well over the long haul
Hypernyms ("long haul" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
