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get lost

[get lost] {v. phr.}, {slang} Go away! — Used as a command.

/Get lost! I want to study./

/John told Bert to get lost./

Compare: DROP DEAD.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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	study ⁴⁹ {slang} ⁵⁹⁵ {v. phr.} ²¹⁹⁰

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