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Collocations for adrift - adj.

VERBS

be
come
I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift.
go (figurative)
Our plans had gone badly adrift.
cast sb/sth, cut sb/sth, set sb/sth
Their boat had been set adrift.

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PREPOSITION

from
He had been cut adrift from everything he knew. (figurative)
in
She felt cast adrift in a vulgar, materialistic society. (figurative)
of (BrE)
The team are now just six points adrift of the leaders (= behind their score).

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