Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
get lost
Phrase
/ɡɛt lɒst/
Definition
A phrase often used to tell someone to go away or to indicate that someone is confused or has lost their way.
Examples
- After the argument, she told him to get lost.
- He couldn’t find his way home and started to feel like he might get lost in the city.
- When they wouldn’t stop bothering him, he simply said, ‘Why don’t you just get lost?’
Meaning
To become lost or to be directed to leave someone or something.
Synonyms
- Go away
- Leave
- Get out
- Flee
- Take a hike
