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fell off the back of a truck

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

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

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

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

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