fall off the back of a truck
English
Alternative forms
- fall off the back of a lorry ('UK')
Pronunciation
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Verb
fall off the back of a truck
- (idiomatic, Australia, euphemistic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.
- US idiom: to have come into someone's possession through dubious/shady, though not necessarily illegal means.