get lost
idiom
informal
—used in speech as a rude or angry way to tell someone to go away
His little sister wanted to tag along with him, but he told her to "get lost."
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Put another way, learning sticks and valuable information doesn’t get lost in the spam folders of our minds.
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Nora Herting, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Siri would get lost trying to find prima donnas and troublemakers in the Broncos locker room.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Corrective information, such as reports pointing out the math fumble in the black spatula study, has less shock value and tends to get lost in the torrent of news around the initial scare.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2025
What Clarence and Jackie were always trying to do was to tell people’s stories and make sure these people don’t get lost to history.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
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Nora Herting, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Siri would get lost trying to find prima donnas and troublemakers in the Broncos locker room.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Corrective information, such as reports pointing out the math fumble in the black spatula study, has less shock value and tends to get lost in the torrent of news around the initial scare.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2025
What Clarence and Jackie were always trying to do was to tell people’s stories and make sure these people don’t get lost to history.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Get lost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20lost. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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