LONG HAUL

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

long haul; long run

Context example:

he performed well over the long haul

Hypernyms ("long haul" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)