fall off the back of a truck
Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or…Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Examples
8 sentencesThis fell off a truck.
ruЭто выпало из грузовика. — Selena777
A couple of boxes fell off that truck as it rounded the corner.
ruПара коробок выпала из того грузовика, когда он заворачивал за угол. — kurzawhile
Tom fell off the turnip truck.
He fell with his truck into the ravine.
Tom fell off the truck while he was feeding the reindeer.
ruТом упал с грузовика, когда кормил оленя. — marafon
Forms
falls off the back of a truck, falling off the back of a truck, fell off the back of a truck, fallen off the back of a truck| Base form | fall off the back of a truck · to fall off the back of a truck |
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| 3rd person singular | falls off the back of a truck |
| Present participle | falling off the back of a truck |
| Past simple | fell off the back of a truck |
| Past participle | fallen off the back of a truck |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | fall off the back of a truck |
| he, she, it | falls off the back of a truck |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | fell off the back of a truck |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have fallen off the back of a truck |
| he, she, it | has fallen off the back of a truck |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will fall off the back of a truck |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.