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get lost

 

1. to become lost; to lose one's way. We got lost on the way home. Follow the path, or you might get lost.

2. Inf. Go away!; Stop being an annoyance! (Always a command.) Stop bothering me. Get lost! Get lost! I don't need your help.

See also: get, lost

get lost

(slang)

go away Those kids told the new girl to get lost.

Usage notes: sometimes used as an order: Get lost, Gary. We don't want you coming with us.

See also: get, lost

get lost

Go away, as in Get lost, we don't want you around. This rather rude slangy imperative dates from the 1940s.

See also: get, lost