go jump in the lake

alternative go · alternative jump in a lake

1. colloquialderogatoryidiomaticoftensarcasticdismissalUsed 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.

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   ... 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

   We would tell the USSR to go jump in the lake. There would be no way we would tolerate that.

   1985, Australia. Parliament. Senate, Parliamentary debates, Senate, weekly Hansard, Issue 10, page 193

   Synonyms: get lost, go fly a kite, take a long walk on a short pier, go jump off a cliff, go jump off a building