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Idiom

get lost

Meaning

To exit from the scene.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Get lost — I'm busy right now.”

“He told the annoying salesman to get lost and closed the door.”

“When the paparazzi surrounded her at the airport, she hissed "Get lost" and pushed through the crowd toward her car.”

Examples

simple

“Get lost — I'm busy right now.”

contextual

“He told the annoying salesman to get lost and closed the door.”

complex

“When the paparazzi surrounded her at the airport, she hissed "Get lost" and pushed through the crowd toward her car.”

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