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Idiom: Get Lost

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Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.

To lose one's way.

Example: "Don't you have a map? How did we get lost?"

Example: "I got lost in his reasoning."

To go missing; to be in a location unknown to someone who is looking for it.

Example: "My keys got lost while I was out today."

To be absent, to seem to be absent.

Example: "The violins get lost with the rest of the music."

To exit from the scene.

Example: "I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!"

Example: "They had a row and Fred told Jack to get lost."

Example: "Jack did a good job of getting lost: nobody saw him for 4 years."

Example Sentences

1
I told him to get lost after he kept bothering me.
2
If you keep interrupting, you can get lost for all I care.
3
They decided to get lost and go on a spontaneous road trip.
4
She told her annoying neighbor to get lost and leave her alone.
5
Whenever we argue, he just storms off and I tell him to get lost.

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