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drift off

verb

  1. to fall gently into a dreamy state (often sleep)
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verb

  1. To fall asleep slowly.

    He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams.

  2. To lose concentration.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off.