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drift back

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drift back (to someone or something)
to move back to someone or something slowly, on the surface of water. The canoe drifted back to shore. My little boat finally drifted back to me.
See also: back, drift

drift back (to someone or something)

to move back to someone or something slowly, on the surface of water. The canoe drifted back to shore. My little boat finally drifted back to me.
See also: back, drift


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I apologize for allowing myself to drift back in time.
When the wind shifted back toward the ice cap, the ice would drift back against the shelf.
That looked like a success after the tug Sea Victory finally dragged the 440-foot bow to sea, only to watch it drift back toward shore near Waldport after hurricane force winds snapped the tow line in the middle of the night.
 
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