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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.


Example Sentences

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I didn’t think Dad could get lost.

From Literature

It’s the perfect place to get lost in a crowd and people watch.

From Los Angeles Times

Peacock’s Winter Games from Milano Cortina, Italy, will be the biggest streaming spectacle of the month, and many rival services are essentially throwing in the towel, figuring any new shows will get lost in the shuffle of skiing, snowboarding and figure skating.

From MarketWatch

“There are the types of films that can get lost because they’re not about a celebrity, and they don’t have these marquee descriptors. Sundance does such an amazing job of discovering these diamonds.”

From Los Angeles Times

You want people to look at you, want them to get lost in some idea of you.

From Los Angeles Times