haul in

English

Verb

haul in (third-person singular simple present hauls in, present participle hauling in, simple past and past participle hauled in)

1. (sports) To force (a team) to stop scoring.
   • 2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul,‎ in.