set a boat adrift

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• cast somebody adrift — cast/set sb adrift idiom usually passive to leave sb to be carried away on a boat that is not being controlled by anyone: (figurative) Without language human beings are cast adrift. Main entry: ↑adriftidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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