setting adrift
Releasing to float
Setting adrift is releasing something to float freely on water without control or anchor: They found the empty boat that had been set adrift.
Figuratively, it means abandoning someone or cutting them loose from support or connection: The company's collapse left thousands of workers setting adrift, He felt set adrift after the divorce.
- castawayShipwrecked and stranded person
- lost at seaMissing in ocean waters
- unmoorRelease from anchorage
- jettisonDeliberately discard, especially cargo
- set sailBegin a sea journey
rudderless · disorient · tide · ocean current · lost · relinquish · current · unanchored · untether · maroon · out to sea · destabilize · flotsam · forlorn · left behind · aimless · jetsam · exile
setting adriftgrounding
Connecting to earth
anchoring · supporting · stabilizing · taking in · rooting
setting adriftsteering
Controlling direction of movement
navigating · guiding · directing · piloting · taking the helm
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