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Verb drift away has 1 sense

• drift away(v = verb.emotion) drift apart - lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married"
is one way to alien, alienate, disaffect, estrange
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

drift away

decline, die away, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fade, fade away, go, go away, move away, move off, pull away, recede, retire, retreat, retrocede, shrink, sink, stand off, wane, widen the distance, withdraw

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drift away

Recession

VB recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.

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