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