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drift apart

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Verb1.drift apart - lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married"
drift away
alienate, disaffect, estrange, alien - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"


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It's a good example that college teammates don't always drift apart after college.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
As the seafloor spread, Pangaea broke up and the continents began to drift apart, eventually assuming their present positions.
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As altitude increases, air pressure drops and the gas molecules that make up air drift apart.
Into thin air. (Life/Earth News) by Science World
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