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Adrift Cut Leave Boat Craft Secure Guide Abandon

Word Cast someone adrift = Cut someone adrift
Description Leave someone in a boat or other craft which has nothing to secure or guide it.

Abandon or isolate someone.

1998 Oldie : The various dissenting movements should be cut adrift and left to their own devices. Leave someone in a boat or other craft which has nothing to secure or guide it.

Abandon or isolate someone.

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