drift off
phrasal verb
drifted off; drifting off; drifts off
informal
: to fall asleep
She drifted off while I was still talking.
He gradually drifted off to sleep.
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Refresh yourself at a Nordic-style bathhouse before drifting off to dreamland in chic cabins at Bingen’s Society Hotel.
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
The frightening incident was caught on the truck's dashcam, which showed the driver’s seizure and the truck drifting off course.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
His roll started toward the hole before just drifting off to the left under the hole, sending the Northern Irishman to a playoff with Justin Rose.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Psyche's plasma thrusters can remain unpowered until at least mid-June before the spacecraft would begin to drift off course, according to NASA.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
The frightening incident was caught on the truck's dashcam, which showed the driver’s seizure and the truck drifting off course.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
His roll started toward the hole before just drifting off to the left under the hole, sending the Northern Irishman to a playoff with Justin Rose.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Psyche's plasma thrusters can remain unpowered until at least mid-June before the spacecraft would begin to drift off course, according to NASA.
—ArsTechnica, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for drift off
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“Drift off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drift%20off. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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