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Phrase(s): drift back (to someone)
Fig. [for someone] to return to one’s friendship or romantic involvement slowly. (See also drift back (to someone or something).) • Finally he drifted back to her and they made up., Phrase(s): drift back (to someone or something)
to move back to someone or something slowly, on the surface of water. • The canoe drifted back to shore. • My little boat finally drifted back to me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs