get lost
1. Literally, to become lost. We got lost on the way, so we're going to be late to the party. How did you get lost? Edith's office is right down the hall! Please tell me you know your way around because I do not want to get lost in these spooky woods!
2. To leave; to go away. Often used as an imperative addressed to someone with whom one is frustrated. Listen, I don't want to buy anything, so get lost! Get lost, will you, Derrick? I'm tired of listening to your nonsense. He'd better get lost before I come down there and give him a piece of my mind.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
get lost
1. to become lost; to lose one's way. We got lost on the way home. Follow the path, or you might get lost.
2. Inf. Go away!; Stop being an annoyance! (Always a command.) Stop bothering me. Get lost! Get lost! I don't need your help.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
get lost
Go away, as in Get lost, we don't want you around. This rather rude slangy imperative dates from the 1940s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
get lost
or get stuffed
INFORMAL, RUDEIf you tell someone to get lost or get stuffed, you are telling them rudely to go away or that you do not care about their opinion. He whispered to the woman, kissing her hand until she stood up and told him to get lost. In the unlikely event that he should call you, then I suggest you tell him to get stuffed! Note: You can also tell someone to get knotted. If someone was to give him some friendly advice about where he's going wrong, he would tell them to get knotted.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
get lost
go away (used, often in the imperative, as an expression of anger or impatience). informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
get ˈlost!
(informal) an impolite way of telling somebody to go away, or of refusing something: I told him to get lost, but it makes no difference, he just keeps following me around.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
Get lost!
exclam. Go away!; Beat it! Get lost, you’re bothering me!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
get lost
Go away, leave me alone. This rude, slangy imperative dates from the first half of the 1900s. It seems to be replacing the somewhat earlier scram, with the same meaning, heard less often today. P. G. Wodehouse had it in Company for Henry (1967), “Can I have a word with you? In private . . . Get lost, young Jane.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer