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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

I think if you start to like this building in one corner or in another, or you get lost, you start to understand what it is all about.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

He’d tried to tell her to get lost when she followed him out of the school after he’d been in detention.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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