fall off the back of a truck (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
tags: Australia
US
euphemistic
idiomatic
Forms:
form: falls off the back of a truck
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling off the back of a truck
tags: participle
present
form: fell off the back of a truck
tags: past
form: fallen off the back of a truck
tags: participle
past
form: fall off the back of a lorry
tags: alternative