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haul down
vb. (context transitive English) To violently cause to fall to the ground.
Usage examples of "haul down".
They have the Tricolour on one halyard and the British flag ' on another, so they can haul down one independently of the other.
I told him that I should haul down my flag of truce, and I also told him that he would meet with his master, which was true enough, as he would meet with the Arrow, commanded by Captain Levee, as well as with my vessel.
As the fleet completed its fast current-assisted run down the estuary of the Thames, and turned south for the longer haul down-Channel and across the Bay of Biscay, Shef wondered again at his own reviving good humor.