- get lost
- get lost1. to become lost; to lose one's way. •
We got lost on the way home.
•Follow the path, or you might get lost.
2. Inf. Go away!; Stop being an annoyance! (Always a command.) •Stop bothering me. Get lost!
•Get lost! I don't need your help.
* * *{v. phr.}, {slang} Go away! - Used as a command. * /Get lost! I want to study./ * /John told Bert to get lost./ Compare: DROP DEAD.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.