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fallen off a truck

fallen off a truck is the past participle of fall off a truck.

Meaning of fall off a truck

Verb

fall off a truck (third-person singular simple present falls off a truck, present participle falling off a truck, simple past fell off a truck, past participle fallen off a truck)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    FOT

Questions about fallen off a truck

What is fallen off a truck the past participle of?
Fallen off a truck is the past participle of fall off a truck.

Words near fallen off a truck in the dictionary

  1. fallen into someone's hands
  2. fallen into the wrong hands
  3. Fallen Jerusalem Island
  4. fallen off
  5. fallen off a cliff
  6. fallen off a truck
  7. fallen off the back of a lorry
  8. fallen off the back of a truck
  9. fallen off the radar
  10. fallen off the turnip truck
  11. fallen off the twig

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