drift off

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drift off

verb drifts off · drifting off · drifted off

idiomatic, intransitive To fall asleep slowly. He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams.
Similar: nod off
idiomatic, intransitive To lose concentration.
intransitive Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off.

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@misc{drift_off_2026,
  title = {drift off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drift%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}