Timeline for Is there an antonym for emotionally drifting apart?
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| Jun 24, 2018 at 21:00 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | Things left to drift tend to be transported by currents, tides etc. They don't always, or maybe often, proceed in a truly random fashion. | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 20:33 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | One can drift in a general direction, e.g. towards the shore or away from it. I can imagine a pair of good friends or acquaintances gradually drifting into being a couple, in fact the web is full of references using that terminology. | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 20:32 | comment | added | Peter | Wouldn't the opposite imply a quickness of coming together? | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 20:27 | comment | added | Astralbee | @michaelharvey Disagree. "Drift" is directionless, which is fine for parting but doesn't really fit two people becoming closer. | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 20:09 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | For "drift", Oxford has "Move passively, aimlessly, or involuntarily into a certain situation or condition." | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 19:42 | comment | added | DoneWithThis. | There's 'closer' too, aside from the debate on whether 'drifting' is intentional or accidental. | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 19:08 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | I think 'drifted' can work just as well with 'together' as it does with 'apart'. It carries an implication of lack of control, awareness or conscious direction, which 'grew' does not. | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 18:35 | vote | accept | vsz | ||
| Jun 24, 2018 at 17:48 | history | answered | Astralbee | CC BY-SA 4.0 |