cast adrift

Idioms  

1. see cast loose.

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Example Sentences

Parker was cast adrift by Elvis’ death in 1977, retreating to his Palm Springs home.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

But they petition to confront the challenge, to find humane solutions so that locals who would offer sea-farers protection aren't cast adrift.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023

Certainly, it is a coalition borne of necessity and mutual self-interest, as WSU and OSU find themselves isolated on an island after being callously cast adrift by the rest of the Pac-12.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

The structure he found had been cast adrift following the inferno of brutal war, and left largely abandoned during four decades of cold division.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2023

But now I was leaving them, to venture alone into the unknown, to cast adrift my ship in search of freedom and liberty in a new land.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane