(go) jump in a/the lake

idiom

chiefly US, informal
used as an angry way to tell someone to go away
I was so mad at him that I told him to go jump in the lake.

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“(go) jump in a/the lake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28go%29%20jump%20in%20a%2Fthe%20lake. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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