Sens: adrifta·drift || ə'drɪftadv. à la dérive (Nautique); sans direction, sans but; abandonnéadj. à la dérive, sans direction précise, laisser aller; (Nautique) à la dérive, sans amarrage; sans but
cut adrift Separated or detached; freed. For example, The dissenters were cut adrift from the denomination. This expression alludes to cutting the rope of a floating vessel so that it drifts without direction or purpose. The figurative use of adrift dates from the late 1600s.
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