hauled off and (was Gone and V-ed)

[Dennis R. Preston]

Not for me. I've hauled off and done lots of nonviolent stuff, although I
admit that "hauled off and" seems to prefix more decidedly physical stuff.
You went and told on him is better than You hauled off and told on him.

dInIs

 >> Now, if she were really outraged, she might have said, "But he's hauled
>off and drowned . . .,"
>
>I believe I've only heard "hauled off and" in reference to an act of
>violence ("haul off and slap").
>
>Jessie Emerson


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