get lost

idiom · idiom

5 meanings of get lost

1
unsure of wayidiomintransitive
To lose one's way, no longer knowing where one is or which way to go.
Without cell service, it's easy to get lost on the back roads.
Halfway through the lecture I got lost in all the equations.
2
rude commandidiomcolloquialimpolite
Used to tell someone rudely to go away or to leave you alone.
"Get lost," he snapped at the reporter who had followed him to his car.
Oh, get lost. Nobody asked for your opinion.
Similarscram, shoo, skedaddle, begone
3
missing objectidiomintransitive
Of an object, to go missing, so that whoever is looking for it does not know where it is.
Important files tend to get lost when an office moves.
Her luggage got lost somewhere between Denver and Chicago.
Similardisappear, vanish
4
not noticedidiomintransitive
To be absent, or to seem to be absent, for example by being drowned out or overlooked.
In a big orchestra, a single flute can easily get lost.
The report's main point gets lost under pages of statistics.
Similardisappear, vanish
5
idiomintransitive
To leave the scene and go away, used mostly in commands or in reporting what someone was told.
When the photographers wouldn't stop following her, she told them to get lost.
Sensing an argument coming, the kids got lost before anyone could send them away.
Similarscram, leave, disappear, vanish
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