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To go from place to place without a plan. Also: To go off the subject.

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Usage examples (39)
  • All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost. The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by frost.
  • Letting my mind wander is usually when I have the best ideas.
  • Are we to wander is some strange wilderness, aimlessly without direction.
  • But the only place my eyes can wander is to the nylon displays a few yards away.
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