get lost

English

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Interjection

get lost

(colloquial, dismissal, impolite) Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:go away

Usage notes

Telling someone to "get lost!" is slightly more rude than, for example, "beat it!" but less rude or vulgar than "piss off!" or "fuck off!"; polite ways to ask someone to leave include "please leave me alone" or the more indirect "I need time to myself at the moment".
Most verbs that may be used to refer to oneself leaving quickly (such as scat or vamoose) can be used as synonyms for "get lost" when said to another person.
"Getting lost", the state of losing one's bearings, should not be confused with "get lost!".

Translations

Go away!

Afrikaans: voertsek (af)
Arabic: اُغْرُب عَن وَجْهِي! (uḡrub ʕan wajhī!), إِبْتَعِد عَنِّي! (ʔibtaʕid ʕannī!) (to a male), أُغْرُبِي عَن وَجْهِي (ʔuḡrubī ʕan wajhī), إِبْتَعِدِي عَنِّي (ʔibtaʕidī ʕannī) (to a female)
Armenian: ռադ եղիր (ṙad eġir)
Azerbaijani: bas bayıra!, rədd ol!, itil burdan!, yeri rədd ol!, sikdir (very severe), cəhənnəm ol!
Bulgarian: изчезвай! (bg) (izčezvaj!)
Catalan: tocar el dos (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 走開 / 走开 (zau² hoi¹), 死開 / 死开 (sei² hoi¹), 躝屍趌路 / 𨅬尸趌路 (yue) (laan¹ si¹ gat⁶ lou⁶), 躝開! / 𨅬开! (laan¹ hoi¹!)

Mandarin: 滾! / 滚! (zh) (gǔn!), 走開! / 走开! (zh) (zǒukāi!), 滾開! / 滚开! (zh) (gǔnkāi!)
Czech: táhni, zmiz, kliď se, ztrať se
Danish: skrid (da)!, gå væk!
Dutch: flikker op (nl)
Finnish: häivy (fi)!, ala mennä!
French: casse-toi !, tire-toi !, barre-toi !, va te faire !, va te faire voir ! (fr), va te faire fiche ! (fr), dégage ! (fr)
Galician: vaite! (gl), vai rañala! (gl) (vulgar)
German: hau ab (de)!, geh weg (de)!, verschwinde (de)!, mach, dass du wegkommst!, verpiss dich!, schleich dich!, verzieh dich!
Greek: χάσου (el) (chásou), άει χάσου (áei chásou)
Hindi: दफ़ा हो जा (dafā ho jā)
Indonesian: pergi (id)!
Italian: vai (it)!, sparisci (it)! (colloquial), vattene!
Jamaican Creole: move and gweh!, tek weh yuhself!
Japanese: 消えて！ (きえて！, kiete!), あっちへ行け！ (あっちへいけ！, atchi-e ike!), 失せろ！ (うせろ！, usero!), 消えてなくなれ！ (きえてなくなれ！, kiete nakunare!), 消えろ！ (きえろ！, kiero!)
Korean: 꺼져 (kkeojeo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دە بِڕۆ (de birro)
Ladino: arematasyon!
Malay: berhambus!
Maltese: itlaq! (for person), mur l’hemm! (for person), kixxi! (for animal)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kom deg vekk!

Nynorsk: kom deg vekk!
Occitan: vai te'n cagar!
Persian: گم شو (gom šow)
Polish: spadaj!, zjeżdżaj!
Portuguese: vá/vai embora!, se/te manda!, vaza!
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਪਰਾਂ ਮਰ (parā̃ mar) ('Die there'), ਦਫ਼ਾ ਹੋ (dafā ho), ਦਫ਼ਾ ਹੋ ਜਾ (dafā ho jā), ਜਾ ਮਰ (jā mar) ('Go die')

Shahmukhi: پراں مر (parā̃ mar) ('Die there'), دفع ہو (dafa ho), دفع ہو جا (dafa ho ja), جا مر (jā mar) ('Go die')
Romanian: lasă-mă-n pace!, dispare (ro)!
Russian: пошёл во́н (pošól vón)! (to a male), пошла́ во́н (pošlá vón)! (to a female), убира́йся (ubirájsja)!, исче́зни (isčézni)!, кати́сь (katísʹ)!, прова́ливай (proválivaj)!, отвали́ (otvalí)!
Serbo-Croatian: губи се! (gubi se!)
Spanish: ¡ándate! (es), ¡lárgate! (es), ¡vete! (es), ¡piérdete! (es), largo (es), hopo (es)
Swedish: stick (sv)!, försvinn (sv)!, dunsta (sv) (slang)
Turkish: defol (tr), defol git
Ukrainian: іди́ геть (idý hetʹ)!, геть зві́дси (hetʹ zvídsy)!, зни́кни (znýkny)!, до бі́са (uk) (do bísa), геть (uk) (hetʹ)
Urdu: دفع ہو m (dafa ho)
Vietnamese: phắn (vi), biến (vi), cút (vi), xéo (vi)
Welsh: cer o 'ma, dos o 'ma; (plural) ewch o 'ma, cerwch o 'ma
Yiddish: גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים (gey kakn oyfn yam) (vulgar)

Verb

get lost (third-person singular simple present gets lost, present participle getting lost, simple past got lost, past participle (UK) got lost or (US) gotten lost)

(intransitive) To lose one's way.
Don't you have a map? How did we get lost?

I got lost in his reasoning.
(intransitive, of an object) To go missing; to be in a location unknown to someone who is looking for it.
My keys got lost while I was out today.
(intransitive) To be absent, to seem to be absent.
The violins get lost with the rest of the music.
(intransitive, usually in imperative and reported speech, idiomatic) To exit from the scene.
I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!

They had a row and Fred told Jack to get lost.

Jack did a good job of getting lost: nobody saw him for 4 years.

Translations

lose one's way

Albanian : Humb (sq)
Arabic: ضَلَّ الطَّرِيق (ḍalla ṭ-ṭarīq)
Armenian: կորել (hy) (korel)
Azerbaijani: azmaq (az)
Bashkir: аҙашыу (aźaşıw)
Basque: galdu
Belarusian: заблудзі́ць pf (zabludzícʹ), заблука́цца pf (zablukácca), заблудзі́цца pf (zabludzícca)
Bulgarian: загу́бвам се (bg) impf (zagúbvam se), загу́бя се pf (zagúbja se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迷路 (zh) (mílù)
Czech: zabloudit (cs) pf, ztratit se (cs) pf
Danish: fare vild, forvilde sig, komme på afveje
Finnish: eksyä (fi)
French: se perdre (fr), s'égarer (fr), se paumer (fr) (slang)
Galician: perderse
German: sich verirren (de), sich verlaufen (de)
Greek: χάνομαι (el) (chánomai)
Ancient Greek: ἐκπίπτω ἑαυτοῦ (ekpíptō heautoû)
Hebrew: אָבַד (he) (avád)
Hungarian: eltéved (hu)
Indonesian: tersesat (id)
Ingrian: öksyä
Irish: téigh ar strae, téigh amú
Italian: perdersi (it)
Japanese: 迷う (ja) (まよう, mayou)
Jingpho: shamat kau sai, mat mat sai, n-nga mat sai
Kapampangan: malili
Korean: 길을 잃다 (gireul ilta), 길을 잃어버리다 (gireul ireobeorida)
Ladino: pedrersen, peryersen (Istanbul)
Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰕 (az /⁠āz-⁠/)
Polish: gubić się impf, zgubić się pf, błądzić (pl) impf, zabłądzić (pl) pf, zbłądzić pf
Portuguese: perder-se
Quechua: chinkay
Romanian: rătăci (ro), se pierde (ro)
Russian: заблуди́ться (ru) pf (zabludítʹsja)
Slovak: zablúdiť pf, stratiť sa pf
Spanish: perderse (es)
Swedish: gå vilse (sv), komma vilse, irra bort sig, förirra sig (sv)
Tagalog: maligaw
Turkish: kaybolmak (tr)
Ukrainian: заблука́ти pf (zablukáty), загуби́тися pf (zahubýtysja), заблуди́ти pf (zabludýty), заблуди́тися pf (zabludýtysja), зблуди́ти pf (zbludýty), зблуди́тися pf (zbludýtysja)
Urdu: گم جانا (gum jānā) ('to be lost')
Vietnamese: lạc (vi), lạc đường, lạc lối
Yiddish: זיך פֿאַרבלאָנדזשען (zikh farblondzhen), בלאָנדזשען (blondzhen)

to go missing

German: verloren gehen
Hungarian: elvész (hu)
Ingrian: öksyä
Irish: éirigh caillte
Yiddish: פֿאַרלוירן גיין (farloyrn geyn)

to appear to be absent

Bashkir: юғалыу (yuğalıw)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hukkua (fi), hävitä (fi)
Ukrainian: загуби́тися pf (zahubýtysja)

Anagrams

Goettls