cast adrift

verb

Definitions

  1. To abandon a ship at sea

    • We cast adrift the burning sloop to await its fate.
  2. 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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