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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Example Sentences

It’s the kind of seasonal shift that makes you realize: I need vegetables that can stand up to winter, that won’t get lost under all this heartiness.

From Salon

“It’s easy to get lost in the statistics and the data,” says Urmson, reflecting on the horrific—and avoidable—accidents his team has studied.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I don’t think it’s going to get lost.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Print propaganda could get lost in the mail or be confiscated, especially when crossing into Germany.

From Salon

Steenburgen: I get lost in things.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• disengage
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