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Discover LudwigThe phrase "and drift away" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a gradual movement away from a place, person, or situation, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "As the conversation continued, I found my thoughts wandering, and I began to drift away from the topic at hand."
Alternatives: "and fade away" or "and float away".
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But the hospital can also lose its berth and drift away.
Slowly, people begin to peel out of the crowd and drift away.
But there are fears that some members will lack the stomach for the fight and drift away.
"And if there is no possibility of a cure, some people can't handle it and drift away".
They drop out and drift away and we lose them and that's terrible because they were really, really talented".
This is a process of "welcoming" your problems, accepting them and then watching them lose their power and drift away.
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Some took his warning and drifted away.
As the morning wore on, many of the conservatives stopped playing and drifted away.
The tattered box fell into the river, spilling milk, and drifted away.
They had both gone into private practice afterward and drifted away from their old firms.
They looked at her feet, the blood and sand lifting off into the blue and drifting away.
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