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fell off a truck

fell off a truck is the simple past 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 fell off a truck

What is fell off a truck the simple past of?
Fell off a truck is the simple past of fall off a truck.

Words near fell off a truck in the dictionary

  1. fell into place
  2. fell into someone's hands
  3. fell into the wrong hands
  4. fell off
  5. fell off a cliff
  6. fell off a truck
  7. fell off the back of a truck
  8. fell off the radar
  9. fell off the turnip truck
  10. fell off the twig
  11. fell off the ugly tree

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