to unload truck
2
2.5
- phrasal verb
- /ʌnˈloʊd trʌk/
- US
:
descargar el camión
- - Orville, help me unload the truck.
- help unload truck
But you know what, my dad started mowing lawns, started unloading trucks.
- But you know what, my dad started mowing lawns, started unloading trucks.
- I was pulling trailers, you know, I was unloading trucks.
- And when I and this was the new house, so they were unloading the truck when I got to the house and I was lucky that I had my daughter with me.
- Anyway, I'll find out the next day he's been nicked for unloading A lorry, unloading a van with two bags.
Examples
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They will help unload trucks, transport supplies to help set up the megashelters, deliver cots, set up sandbags, remove debris, and other tasks.
Blog text (13) -
I helped the police department and the mayor unload a truck of supplies.
Blog text (24) -
Rich is unloading the truck.
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The moving men started to unload the truck.
Fiction book (1997) -
Good, I'll have my boys unload the truck.
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I had to be back in time to work, do a gig, and unload the truck.
Blog text (9) -
On the weekends, I unload trucks with a bunch of guys, you know.
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Rosasharn and me will unload the truck.
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They hired two local people totally unknown to them from a manpower type of service to unload the truck.
Blog text (11) -
We need to unload the truck before we can start setting up for the event.
Synonyms
125
2.6
Take things or people out of a vehicle like a truck
11
3.9
To take goods off a vehicle or container
4
3.2
To take people or goods off a vehicle and leave them at a place
To take goods off a vehicle like a ship
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to remove cargo or goods from a truck' is directly and compositionally derived from 'unload' (to remove cargo) and 'truck' (a cargo vehicle). This verb + object construction follows straightforward English composition and cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Unload truck comes from the simple picture of people taking boxes out of a vehicle: unload means to take things off and truck is the vehicle holding the goods. So, it means 'to remove cargo or goods from a truck'.