Speakur

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fall off the back of a lorry

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
fal-l of-f the back- of a lor-ry
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

falls off the back of a lorry (present, singular) falling off the back of a lorry (participle, present) fell off the back of a lorry (past) fallen off the back of a lorry (participle, past) fall off a truck (alternative)

Questions

What does fall off the back of a lorry mean?
Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.

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