get lost

intj, verb — 5 senses

get lost

intj

1

Colloquial, Impolite Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.

get lost

verb

1

To lose one's way.

Don't you have a map? How did we get lost?
I got lost in his reasoning.

1 more example

"But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery.2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 29:

2

Of an object To go missing; to be in a location unknown to someone who is looking for it.

My keys got lost while I was out today.

3

To be absent, to seem to be absent.

The violins get lost with the rest of the music.

4

Idiomatic To exit from the scene.

Usually in imperative and reported speech

I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!
They had a row and Fred told Jack to get lost.

1 more example

Jack did a good job of getting lost: nobody saw him for 4 years.

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