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drift away
verb as in forsake
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You can use these from the moment you wake up, until you drift away to sleep, to supercharge your day.
The boatmen were killed, the ferryboat left to drift away, and the Tartars continued to descend the Irtych.
Instead, he let the gas drift away and pointed to a farm just across the road from the post-office.
If we were to try to get up sail again we should drift away so far to leeward we should never be able to beat back.
The wreckage began to drift away, and the crew were left swimming about the catamaran, apparently unseen by the enemy.
For the rest she seemed to drift away from all the others, even from warm-hearted Aunt Lot.
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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drift away, such as: disown, forgo, forswear, jettison, quit, and relinquish.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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