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Hauling Ass (slrpnk.net)

submitted 20 hours ago by oeuf@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Americans; I am trying to understand the subtlety and nuance of your expression "to haul ass".

Does it mean "to hurry"? Or more "to move under strain"?

Or something else?

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[–] shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml 4 points 19 hours ago

To me it means to move quickly. Often it means to move quickly under strain, but not necessarily.

(Moving slowly under strain is not hauling ass.)

The best example I can think of would be the insane running animations of Peppino from Pizza Tower:

And this scene from Rat Race (2001) is maybe less helpful but still relevant: https://youtu.be/PzjLImF8Zbc?t=1m5s