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Teo Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary
Medal haul
Hong Kong's best-ever Asian Games medal haul prompts call for more sports funding
https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2162440/hong-kong-athletes-score-biggest-ever-medal-haul-asian-games
What does "haul" mean here?
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'something that is acquired' (Collins Dictionary)
- 'something that is acquired' (Collins Dictionary)
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See e.g. sense 2 at https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/haul_2
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Hong Kong's best-ever Asian Games medal haul prompts call for more sports funding.
The word 'haul' is often used to refer to what robbers get when they perform a very unexpected and very successful robbery. Here, the word is used figuratively.
It's common to use crime-related expressions
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