lost

[ lawst, lost ]
/ lɔst, lɒst /
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adjective

verb (used with or without object)

simple past tense and past participle of lose.

Idioms for lost

    get lost, Slang.
    1. to absent oneself: I think I'll get lost before an argument starts.
    2. to stop being a nuisance: If they call again, tell them to get lost.
    lost to,
    1. no longer belonging to.
    2. no longer possible or open to: The opportunity was lost to him.
    3. insensible to: lost to all sense of duty.

SYNONYMS FOR lost

1 forfeited, gone, missing.
3 confused, perplexed.
4 squandered.
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OTHER WORDS FROM lost

un·lost, adjective

Words nearby lost

loss ratio, lossless, lossmaker, lossmaking, lossy, lost, lost and found, lost cause, lost colony, lost generation, lost in the shuffle

Words related to get lost

quit, depart, retire, disengage, leave, eliminate, go, retreat, fly, travel, move, pass, progress, flee, vamoose, hightail, skedaddle, decamp, scoot, disappear

British Dictionary definitions for get lost

lost
/ (lɒst) /

adjective

Idioms and Phrases with get lost (1 of 2)

get lost

Go away, as in Get lost, we don't want you around. This rather rude slangy imperative dates from the 1940s.

Idioms and Phrases with get lost (2 of 2)

lost