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get lost

verb

Meaning

  • To lose one's way.

    "Don't you have a map? How did we get lost?"

  • To be absent, to seem to be absent.

    "The violins get lost with the rest of the music."

  • (usually in imperative and reported speech) To exit from the scene.

    "I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!"

interjection

Meaning

  • (dismissal) Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.

Synonyms

away with you,
beat it,
bugger off,
clear off,
fuck off,
go away,
piss off,
push off,
take a hike,
vamoose