cast adrift
verbDefinitions
To abandon a ship at sea
- We cast adrift the burning sloop to await its fate.
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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