cast adrift

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English

Verb

cast adrift

  1. (transitive) To abandon a ship at sea
    • We cast adrift the burning sloop to await its fate
  2. (transitive) To place a person in a ship's boat or raft and leave them
    • Captain Bligh and some loyal crewmen were cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific
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