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fall off a truck en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, euphemistic, idiomatic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally; to have been stolen.
    • He said he bought it at the markets but I think it fell off a truck.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fall off the back of a lorry alternative lexicographic
falling off a truck Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fall off the back of a truck alternative lexicographic
fallen off a truck Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
falls off a truck Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fell off a truck Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

fall off the turnip truck

Synonyms

FOT

Translations (4)

fr tombé du camion (Translations) · pl wpaść w ręce (Translations) · nl van de vrachtwagen gevallen (Translations) · pl wpadać w ręce (Translations)