get lost

Idioms and Phrases

Go away, as in Get lost, we don't want you around . This rather rude slangy imperative dates from the 1940s.

Example Sentences

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia remembers seeing Wong Kar-wai’s “Chungking Express” as a teenager and adoring its dreamlike vibe of romantic longing so much that she wanted to hop on the next flight to Hong Kong so she could get lost wandering through the city’s neon-lit streets.

From Los Angeles Times

But the deepest truth cannot get lost in all of that: Unfortunately, this country will always default to its original tenets of racism and misogyny in the face of fear, frustration, or just plain dissatisfaction.

From Slate

Like I told my kids the morning after the election, when you’re going on a long walk in the woods, sometimes you get lost.

From Slate

Its design is an array of printed guidance about what to do if you get lost in the outdoors, and even though it’s desert-specific, the information is equally good on most trails.

From Los Angeles Times

As the bandanna notes, “Don’t get lost in the beauty.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• depart
• disengage
• drop out
• eliminate
• go
• leave
• pull back
• pull out
• quit
• retire
• retreat