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Synonyms

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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"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

The problem, Adair said, is that evidence-based answers and solutions can get lost in the fervor.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

"Pure rumba is starting to get lost," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

“It does get lost, the things that we do well,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

‘Get on, get on, we are going to get lost in no man’s land, come on.’

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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