Advertisement
Advertisement
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
“ a great place to get lost in,” adds Dan Gilroy.
“But there’s protections for people and their identity, so it’s a challenge when people get lost in the system.”
"You get lost in this world that you've made up, and play the game you love. I think he did a beautiful job of that all day. He did so many things to bounce back time after time."
“It’s alarming to me that these rollbacks that will so profoundly impact the air we breathe and the water we drink might get lost in all the other noise and chaos of what’s coming from Washington. It’s beyond troubling — it’s infuriating.”
It’s cool to lean on and can be a comfort if you get lost — either on the road or in the kitchen — but it’s not a necessity.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse