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breakdown truck

 noun
     
Related topics: Motor Vehicles
breakdown truck also breakdown lorry [countable] British English
TTC a vehicle with special equipment that is used to pull a car that is broken and does not work to a place where it can be repaired [= tow truck American English]
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