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DRIFT APART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drift apart mean? 

DRIFT APART (verb)
  The verb DRIFT APART has 1 sense:

1. lose personal contact over timeplay

  Familiarity information: DRIFT APART used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DRIFT APART (verb)


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 apart" 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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