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Meaning of run adrift | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To continue without being steered (usually having been abandoned). (of a ship)
  2. To be aimless or pointless; to make no progress.
    broadly, figuratively

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

run afoul run afoul of run after run against run aground run ahead

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