tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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When a fire engulfed a playground underneath the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge last month, a tow truck driver was among the first to notice the bridge was smoking and dialed 911.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
When someone calls Tow to Go, a tow truck is dispatched to transport the vehicle and its owner to a safe location within a 10-mile radius.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 3 July 2024
Two people were hospitalized on Saturday afternoon after what Phoenix police suspected to be a road rage incident involving a tow truck driver and the driver of a passenger vehicle believed to have been armed with a hammer.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Officials said the driver of the tow truck was not injured.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
When someone calls Tow to Go, a tow truck is dispatched to transport the vehicle and its owner to a safe location within a 10-mile radius.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 3 July 2024
Two people were hospitalized on Saturday afternoon after what Phoenix police suspected to be a road rage incident involving a tow truck driver and the driver of a passenger vehicle believed to have been armed with a hammer.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Officials said the driver of the tow truck was not injured.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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