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go jump in the lake

go jump in the lake phrase: used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.

Phrase

go jump in the lake

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic, often, sarcastic, dismissal) Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
    • When I asked for help cleaning the mess I made, the janitor told me to go jump in the lake, but he was only joking.
    • ... to sell it to the Mond or the International Nickel Company, and if they didn't choose to take it from us, they would tell us to go jump in the lake.1917, Ontario. Royal Nickel Commission, George Thomas Holloway, Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission: with appendix, page 22

Synonyms of go jump in the lake

Forms of go jump in the lake

alternative formgo
alternative formjump in a lake

Questions about go jump in the lake

What does go jump in the lake mean?
Go jump in the lake means used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
What part of speech is go jump in the lake?
Go jump in the lake is a phrase.

Words near go jump in the lake in the dictionary

  1. go it alone
  2. go it blind
  3. go it, ye cripples
  4. go it, you cripples
  5. go juice
  6. go jump in the lake
  7. go jump off a bridge
  8. go jump off a building
  9. go jump off a cliff
  10. go kaflooey
  11. go large

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