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DRIFT AWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drift away mean?
• DRIFT AWAY (verb)
The verb DRIFT AWAY has 1 sense:
1. lose personal contact over time
Familiarity information: DRIFT AWAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose personal contact over time
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
drift apart; drift away
Context example:
The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married
Hypernyms (to "drift away" is one way to...):
alienate; disaffect; estrange (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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