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wander
/ˈwɒndər/ verbDefinition
WALK [I, T] › to walk slowly about a place without any purpose: They wandered aimlessly around the town.
LEAVE PLACE [I] (also wander off) › to walk away from the place where you should be: He was here a moment ago - he must have wandered off.
sb's attention/mind/thoughts, etc wander › If someone's attention/mind, etc wanders, they start thinking about one subject when they should be thinking about a different subject: I was bored and my thoughts started to wander.
(Definition of wander verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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