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drift along

drift along verb: to idle through life; to be generally aimless.

Verb

drift along (third-person singular simple present drifts along, present participle drifting along, simple past and past participle drifted along)

  1. (intransitive) To idle through life; to be generally aimless.

Forms of drift along

third-person singular presentdrifts along
present participledrifting along
past participledrifted along
pastdrifted along

Questions about drift along

What does drift along mean?
Drift along means to idle through life; to be generally aimless.
What part of speech is drift along?
Drift along is a verb.
What is the past tense of drift along?
The past tense of drift along is drifted along.

Words near drift along in the dictionary

  1. Driessens
  2. driest
  3. drieth
  4. Driffield
  5. drift
  6. drift along
  7. drift anchor
  8. drift anchors
  9. drift apart
  10. drift excursion
  11. drift excursions

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