get lost

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

Example Sentences

R360 officials will have to convince media bosses that a new series spread over many time zones, with fluctuating start times, will not get lost in the schedules.

From BBC

"If you have a moderate view you get lost in the noise as people are only listening to the loudest."

From BBC

“That 10 o’clock time slot where we sometimes get lost in Anaheim would be two West Coast teams,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Butterfly” captures a lot of nuance that tends to get lost in media where identities get flattened instead of conveying the different shades of experiences that encompasses being Korean, being Korean American, also while being in Korea.

From Los Angeles Times

Krasner: So let's not get lost in his silly argument.

From Salon

Related Words

• depart 
• disengage 
• drop out 
• eliminate 
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• pull back 
• pull out 
• quit 
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