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running adrift

running adrift is the present participle and gerund of run adrift.

Meaning of run adrift

Verb

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

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

Questions about running adrift

What is running adrift the present participle and gerund of?
Running adrift is the present participle and gerund of run adrift.

Words near running adrift in the dictionary

  1. running a temperature
  2. running a train
  3. running about
  4. running about with
  5. running across
  6. running adrift
  7. running afoul of
  8. running after
  9. running against
  10. running aground
  11. running ahead

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