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