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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    2 hours ago

    Funniest thing I ever heard my father say when I was a kid was when we were at a stop light waiting for an overweight man to finish crossing the road: “If that guy ever wanted to haul ass he’d have to make two trips.”

    Obviously not something I would perpetuate or use as a considerate grown up, but provided maybe to lend some American context around the phrase.