drift apart

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drift apart

verb drifts apart · drifting apart · drifted apart

  1. idiomatic, intransitive, of companions To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness. We used to be good friends but we drifted apart over the years.

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verb to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness

Españoldistanciarse
中文疏遠 /疏远 shūyuǎn, 生疏 shēngshū
Françaisse perdre de vue
Italianoperdersi di vista
Русскийотдаля́ться otdaljátʹsja, отдали́ться otdalítʹsja, расходи́ться rasxodítʹsja, разойти́сь razojtísʹ

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@misc{drift_apart_2026,
  title = {drift apart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drift%20apart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}