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verb
To have unexpectedly lost one's way and gone off course; to get lost and end up in some faraway place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish, invariable
Synonyms: go hor lan, go Holland
Antonyms: none provided
History
Pronunciation spelling of Hokkien 荷蘭/荷兰 (Hô-lân) and Cantonese 荷蘭/荷兰 (ho4 laan4−1, “the Netherlands”), itself from Dutch Holland. Analyzable as a shortening of the alternative expression go hor lan or go Holland, literally “to go to Holland; to end up in Holland”.
