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falls off the back of a truck

falls off the back of a truck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fall off the back of a truck.

Meaning of fall off the back of a truck

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, US, euphemistic, idiomatic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
    • The movie is still in theaters, but I got a copy that fell off the back of a truck.

Questions about falls off the back of a truck

What is falls off the back of a truck the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Falls off the back of a truck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fall off the back of a truck.

Words near falls off the back of a truck in the dictionary

  1. Falls of Cruachan
  2. falls off
  3. falls off a cliff
  4. falls off a truck
  5. falls off the back of a lorry
  6. falls off the back of a truck
  7. falls off the radar
  8. falls off the turnip truck
  9. falls off the twig
  10. falls off the ugly tree
  11. falls off the wagon

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