get lost

English

Pronunciation

Interjection

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  1. (colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#GETLOST, dismissalCategory:English dismissals#GETLOST, impolite) Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:go away

Usage notes

  • Telling someone to "get lost!" is slightly more rude than, for example, "beat it!" but less rude or vulgar than "piss off!" or "fuck off!"; polite ways to ask someone to leave include "please leave me alone" or the more indirect "I need time to myself at the moment".
  • Most verbs that may be used to refer to oneself leaving quickly (such as scat or vamoose) can be used as synonyms for "get lost" when said to another person.
  • "Getting lost", the state of losing one's bearings, should not be confused with "get lost!".

Translations

Verb

get lost (third-person singular simple present gets lost, present participle getting lost, simple past got lost, past participle (UK) got lost or (US) gotten lost)Category:English lemmas#GETLOSTCategory:English verbs#GETLOSTCategory:English multiword terms#GETLOSTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GETLOSTCategory:Pages with entries#GET%20LOSTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GET%20LOST

  1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GETLOST) To lose one's way.
    Don't you have a map? How did we get lost?Category:English terms with usage examples#GETLOST
    • 2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 29:
      "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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GETLOST
  2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GETLOST, 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#GETLOST
  3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GETLOST) To be absent, to seem to be absent.
    The violins get lost with the rest of the music.Category:English terms with usage examples#GETLOST
  4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GETLOST, usually in imperative and reported speech, idiomaticCategory:English idioms#GETLOST) To exit from the scene.
    I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!Category:English terms with usage examples#GETLOST
    They had a row and Fred told Jack to get lost.Category:English terms with usage examples#GETLOST
    Jack did a good job of getting lost: nobody saw him for 4 years.Category:English terms with usage examples#GETLOST

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