fall off the back of a lorry
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fall off a truck (US / Australia)
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Verb[edit]
fall off the back of a lorry (third-person singular simple present falls off the back of a lorry, present participle falling off the back of a lorry, simple past fell off the back of a lorry, past participle fallen off the back of a lorry)
- (idiomatic, British, euphemistic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.