to drive truck
2
2.5
- phrasal verb
- /draɪv trʌk/
- US
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- I went to truck driving school after firefighting, started driving trucks for a little bit, a few months.
I taught school, I drove trucks, I picked fruit as a migrant laborer, that kind of thing.
- I taught school, I drove trucks, I picked fruit as a migrant laborer, that kind of thing.
- My grandma, she she was an Acrobat and her husband was an Olympic diver and she drove trucks.
- You know, I have a a cousin whose husband drove drove truck as a truck driver would say, drove truck for a while.
Examples
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Approximately three million Americans drive trucks for a living, according to the Department of Labor.
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Now, the same guy drive truck every time.
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Till the end of time, more men will be more willing to drive trucks for a living than women.
Blog text (16) -
You know, I have a a cousin whose husband drove drove truck as a truck driver would say, drove truck for a while.
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- You drive truck?
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I drive truck.
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I taught school, I drove trucks, I picked fruit as a migrant laborer, that kind of thing.
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I went to truck driving school after firefighting, and I now drive trucks for a living.
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Do you enjoy driving trucks on long hauls across the country?
How Big
- US
2
2.5
- Informal
45
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to operate a large truck / be employed to operate one' is directly built from 'drive' (to control a vehicle) + 'truck' (large vehicle), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the MWE meaning. The verb+object composition is a common, compositional pattern (the omission of the article in casual speech does not affect semantic transparency), and similar constructions occur in many languages.
Etymology
Drive truck comes from the literal image of a person sitting at the wheel of a large truck and moving goods from place to place, so to drive a truck means 'to operate a large truck as a job'.