"drift off" meaning in English

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      "form": "drifts off",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "drifting off",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "drifted off",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifted off",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off."
      ],
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          "off",
          "off#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off."
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        {
          "ref": "1919, B. M. Bower, chapter 5, in The Thunder Bird:",
          "text": "He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To fall asleep slowly."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall asleep slowly."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
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          "sense": "fall asleep slowly",
          "word": "nod off"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "To lose concentration."
      ],
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          "lose"
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          "concentration",
          "concentration"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To lose concentration."
      ],
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  "word": "drift off"
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    {
      "form": "drifting off",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "drifted off",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "drifted off",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off."
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall asleep slowly."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall asleep slowly."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
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        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
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        "To lose concentration."
      ],
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        [
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To lose concentration."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "fall asleep slowly",
      "word": "nod off"
    }
  ],
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