have truck with
To have dealings with; to truck with.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I will not have truck with people who lie.”
“The manager refuses to have truck with companies that do not follow environmental laws.”
“The professor maintained a strict policy, declaring that he would have no truck with students who failed to cite their sources properly.”
From the noun *truck*, used in the sense of dealings or barter. The term is derived from the Middle French *troque*, meaning an exchange or truckage, reflecting a time when social interaction was inseparable from the physical trade of commodities.
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back up the truck
To take advantage of favourable pricing by purchasing a large amount.
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fall off a truck
Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally; to have been stolen.
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fall off the back of a truck
Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
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fall off the turnip truck
To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.
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hit like a truck
To hit in an extremely powerful manner; to hit with a lot of force.
Last updated August 10, 2026