long haul
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4.9
- noun
- Informal
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proceso largo
- I do not think David's model of two coexisting systems will work over the long haul.
Like, that's a long haul to do anything with my body.
- Like, that's a long haul to do anything with my body.
- And over the long haul, we hope all will be charter schools.
- I think they knew that we were in for a long haul.
- And yeah, they want, they want to dance and they're in for the long haul of it, that's for sure.
- So we're in this for the long haul in terms of homeschooling resources.
- The day that Sean and I got married, I was there for the long haul.
- Why not stick with that over the long haul?
- In terms of the science to support what is a good partner choice for the long haul.
- You know, and yeah, you, you need someone to help support you in this long, in the long haul, not just monitoring in Eris.
Examples
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We were in it for the long haul, and from the beginning, we swam upstream.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yet those things, they are the things that give meaning to our life and over the long haul, make us feel good.
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OK, You know, I, I think we're in this for the long haul unless we get, you know, my, my in laws.
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We are in this for the long haul.
Academic text (2014) -
And and so, but yes, over the long haul, human enterprise has to go up in value.
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But if you have the wisdom to be in it for the long haul, it will pay off.
Blog text (1) -
To make a career in publishing, you have to be ready for a long haul, often over decades.
Blog text (15) -
"But in the long haul, it's better to cultivate a good vendor relationship."
Academic text (2000) -
And in the end, the child who makes it for the long haul is the child who is, as you say, the one who's more balanced and happier.
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Achieving your goals often requires patience and dedication, especially during the long haul when challenges arise.
Synonyms
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4.8
A long process that needs steady effort, not quick work
A difficult task that takes a long time and a lot of effort
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a long and difficult process' is directly compositional from 'long' (extended in time/length) + 'haul' (a journey or effortful movement): a prolonged effort or journey is a predictable extension of those meanings. This construction follows normal noun modification patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun long haul comes from the image of pulling a heavy load for a long time; a haul is the load you move. That's why it means 'a long and difficult process that needs time and effort'.