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Meanings of float away in English

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Usage of float away in English
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I wonder whether my car will float away, resident Ros Collins said.
Radio NZ
2
Jettison it during a spacewalk and let it float away into space?
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
3
Why not untie the knot, he'd thought to himself, and float away.
Complete Books of Blood
4
The entire countryside looks as though it is about to float away.
Full Circle
5
Many Thais believe it is a time to literally ' float away' bad luck.
Reuters
6
You scarcely look quite real in it; you might float away.
Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
7
The tide was still coming in, so that it did not float away.
Lost in the Fog
8
Sadly they float away to the sound of harps shimmering over the water.
The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Compose...
9
The world seemed to melt and float away from between them.
A Foregone Conclusion
10
It was capped off and very light, seeming to want to float away.
Imprudence
11
He got there in time to see its corpse float away.
Spiral
12
Though the thought begins to float away at once, I cling to it.
Waiting for the Barbarians
13
From her cupped hands, she released the tideflower, and watched it float away.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
14
The wind stirred it a little, but it didn't float away.
Pagan Passions
15
Very volatile, but if they leaked, the hydrogen would float away.
The world without us
16
I feel like if I wasn't holding on to you I'd float away.
Empty mile
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Float away through the time
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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