run adrift

verb

To continue without being steered (usually having been abandoned). (of a ship)

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Meanings

verbrun adrift (third-person singular simple present runs adrift, present participle running adrift, simple past ran adrift, past participle run adrift)

present singular third person runs adrift · participle present running adrift · past ran adrift

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

run adrift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20adrift

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“run adrift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20adrift. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run adrift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20adrift.

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