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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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"When we 'get lost' observing nature, we experience an optimal level of arousal. We are not bored, nor too excited - and that gives us the feeling of 'positive relaxation'," she says.

From BBC

Few will have played all these games, and if for those who haven’t, it’s easy to get lost.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We wouldn’t want you to get lost,” he said.

From Literature

“You can get lost in this sport,” she told reporters last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Barron's