DRIFT OFF
drift off: translation
drift off
to move slowly away. •
The boat slowly drifted off and was gone.
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The clouds drifted off and the sun came out.
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{v. phr.} 1. To fall asleep, * /He kept nodding and drifting off to sleep while the lecturer was speaking./ 2. To depart; leave gradually. * /One by one, the sailboats drifted off over the horizon./