gotten lost
Wandered off course
Gotten lost is the past participle form of get lost, describing the state of having become disoriented or unable to find one's way: We'd gotten lost twice before finding the trailhead.
It also applies to things that have gone missing or been misplaced: The package must have gotten lost in the mail.
Figuratively, someone can have gotten lost in thought, in a book, or in their work—absorbed to the point of losing track of surroundings.
- astrayOff the right path
- gone astrayLost from proper course
- off courseStraying from planned route
- confusedUnable to understand
- misplacedPut in wrong location
unmoored · out of the woods · disoriented · missing · purposeless · alienated · bewildered · stranded · adrift · marooned · forgotten · aimless · gone · misdirected · disconnected · wandering · off the beaten path · distracted