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runs adrift

runs adrift is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs adrift

What is runs adrift the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs adrift is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run adrift.

Words near runs adrift in the dictionary

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

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