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get lost

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


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Some love gurus say there is an element of humanity that can get lost in the spreadsheet cells.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Indeed, Dimon said he warns his team not to get lost in “pie-in-the-sky” deal talks instead of improving their own operations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

I can sometimes get lost in the what ifs.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

"But those tags can stop omitting their sound and that's when tags and the hedgehogs kind of get lost," said Kerrigan.

From BBC May 9, 2026

“Much smaller. You won’t get lost there. It’s a small Jesuit Catholic school.”

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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