Base verb
Phrasal verbs with drift
The verb drift combines with 3 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
3 phrasal verbs · 4 meanings
drift apart
1 sense- Slowly become less close to someone
drift away
2 senses- Slip out of awareness slowly
- Gradually become less close to someone
drift off
1 sense- Gradually fall asleep
Practice the drift family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of drift with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.