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fell off the turnip truck

fell off the turnip truck is the simple past of fall off the turnip truck.

Meaning of fall off the turnip truck

Verb

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

  1. (US, idiomatic, stative) To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.
    • Look sharp, and try not to seem like you just fell off the turnip truck.

Questions about fell off the turnip truck

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

Words near fell off the turnip truck in the dictionary

  1. fell off
  2. fell off a cliff
  3. fell off a truck
  4. fell off the back of a truck
  5. fell off the radar
  6. fell off the turnip truck
  7. fell off the twig
  8. fell off the ugly tree
  9. fell off the wagon
  10. fell on
  11. fell on a grenade

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