Verb
lose personal contact over time
Source: WordNetThe two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married Source: Internet
Adkins, p. 29 Alexander, the final unengaged British ship, which had followed Swiftsure, pulled up close to Tonnant, which had begun to drift away from the embattled French flagship. Source: Internet
But after that second album, some people – myself included – seemed to drift away from Pearl Jam, and missed out on much of the band’s work after that. Source: Internet
He might, for example, drift away from political life the same way he drifted away from “The Apprentice,” or from any of his business or real-estate ventures before that. Source: Internet
Put another way,this discussion focuses on a book I started ages ago -- and then let drift away and am now reading. Source: Internet
Putnam, Democracies in Flux: The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society, p. 408. Some sources view this simply as part of a drift away from traditional membership institutions, McGrath, Christianity: An Introduction, p. xvi. Source: Internet