Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get lost

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.34 in modern English

Syllables: get lost
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.

Colloquial

verb

To lose one's way.

Intransitive verb

verb

To go missing; to be in a location unknown to someone who is looking for it.

Intransitive verb

verb

To be absent, to seem to be absent.

Intransitive verb

verb

To exit from the scene.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Don't you have a map? How did we get lost?"
"I got lost in his reasoning."
""But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery."
"My keys got lost while I was out today."
"The violins get lost with the rest of the music."
"I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!"

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets lost (present, singular) getting lost (participle, present) got lost (past) got lost (UK, participle) gotten lost (US, participle)

Synonyms

amscray away with you be off with you beat it begone bite me bog off bug off bugger off buzz off clear off do one

Questions

What does get lost mean?: Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.

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