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[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].

[get mixed up]

See: [MIXED UP].

[get next to]

See: [BE CLOSE TO].

[get off]  {v.}

1. To come down from or out of.

The ladder fell, and Tom couldn't get off the roof.

The bus stopped, the door opened, and Father got off.

2. To take off.

Joe's mother told him to get his wet clothes off.

3. To get away;  […]

[get off cheap]  {v. phr.}

1. To receive a lesser punishment than one deserves.

Ted could have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison; he got off cheap by receiving a reduced sentence of five years.

2. To pay less than the normal price.

* /If  […]

[get off easy]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To have only a little trouble; escape something worse.

The children who missed school to go to the fair got off easy.

* /John got off easy because it was the first time he had taken his father's car without  […]

[get off it]

See: [COME OFF IT].

[get off one's back]  {v. phr.},  {slang},  {colloquial}

To stop criticizing or nagging someone.

[get off one's case] or [back] or [tail]  {v. phr.}

To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one.

"Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You're worse than the cops."

Contrast: [ON ONE'S CASE].

[get off one's chest]

See: [OFF ONE'S CHEST].