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short haul
[ shawrt hawl ]
noun
- a relatively short period of time:
For the short haul, he'll be able to get by on what he earns.
- a relatively short distance or journey:
The truck should be fine for such a short haul.
- Nautical. the drawing up on shore of a vessel for a relatively short period, as for repairs or painting.
adjective
- Usually short-haul. noting or relating to travel or transport of freight or passengers over short distances, especially by truck or airplane: short-haul airlines.
a short-haul trucking company;
short-haul airlines.
short haul
noun
- a journey over a short distance, esp by air
Word History and Origins
Origin of short haul1
Idioms and Phrases
see under long haul .Example Sentences
Its advocates tout it as far more efficient than short haul flights, high-speed rail and freight trucks.
Wizz Air, which is based in Hungary, operates low-cost short haul flights in Europe.
Even then, they are likely to be confined to short haul markets, at least to begin with.
They must also consider the impact on truck drivers: They aim to make long-haul drivers obsolete, but they will need more drivers for the short haul.
Then he ambled past the birds to collect his car and hit the road for a short haul — up to New Haven, to see his folks.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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