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Meaning of go jump in the lake | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.

colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic, often, sarcastic

Examples

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

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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