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wander off

wander off verb: to wander away from somewhere.

Verb

wander off (third-person singular simple present wanders off, present participle wandering off, simple past and past participle wandered off)

  1. To wander away from somewhere.
    • He got bored and wandered off.
    Synonyms:
    stray

Synonyms of wander off

Forms of wander off

third-person singular presentwanders off
present participlewandering off
past participlewandered off
pastwandered off

Questions about wander off

What does wander off mean?
Wander off means to wander away from somewhere.
What part of speech is wander off?
Wander off is a verb.
What is the past tense of wander off?
The past tense of wander off is wandered off.

Words near wander off in the dictionary

  1. Wandel Sea
  2. Wandell
  3. Wandella
  4. Wandells
  5. wander
  6. wander off
  7. wander'd
  8. Wandera
  9. wanderable
  10. wandered
  11. wandered off

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