Definition of (go) jump in a/the lake
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 25 May. 2022.
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