I spent a lot of time beating the drum for our plans for the future.
•The senator is only banging the drum for his special interests.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
beat the drum for someone or something — tv. to promote or support someone or something. □ I spent a lot of time beating the drum for our plans for the future. □ The senator is only beating the drum for his special interests … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
beat/bang the drum for — to say or write things that strongly support (someone or something) They joined together to beat the drum for their candidate. banging the drum for human rights • • • Main Entry: ↑drum … Useful english dictionary
beat the drum — phrasal also beat a drum : to declaim as meritorious or especially significant : publicize or argue noisily publicity men beating the drum about the new star beat the drum for him as a candidate * * * bang/beat/the drum … Useful english dictionary
beat — [[t]bi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ beats, beating, beaten (The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense.) 1) VERB If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. [V n] My wife tried to stop them and they beat her... [V n to n] They… … English dictionary
Beat the Clock — For the Sparks song, see Beat the Clock (Sparks song). Beat the Clock Genre Game show Presented by Bud Collyer (1950–1961) Jack Narz (1969–1972) … Wikipedia
bang the drum — To indulge in publicity ● drum * * * bang/beat/the drum phrase to publicly show your support for something or someone Thesaurus: to support an idea, plan or personsynonym Main entr … Useful english dictionary
drum — drum1 [drʌm] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Dutch trom] 1.) a musical instrument made of skin stretched over a circular frame, played by hitting it with your hand or a stick ▪ a big bass drum ▪ 1000 people marched, beating drums and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
drum — 1 noun (C) 1 a musical instrument made of skin stretched over a circular frame that you hit with your hand or a stick: the steady rhythmic beating of the drums 2 something that looks like a drum, especially part of a machine: The brake drums are… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
beat — [c]/bit / (say beet) verb (beat, beaten or beat, beating) –verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and usually violently. 2. to thrash, cane, or flog, as a punishment. 3. to whisk; stir, as in order to thicken or aerate: to beat cream; to beat eggwhites …
drum — drum1 [ drʌm ] noun ** 1. ) count a musical instrument consisting of a tight skin stretched over a round frame that you hit with your hands or a stick. Someone who plays a drum is a drummer. => DRUM N BASS 2. ) count a large round container… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drum — I UK [drʌm] / US noun Word forms drum : singular drum plural drums ** 1) [countable] a musical instrument consisting of a tight skin stretched over a round frame that you hit with your hands or a stick. Someone who plays a drum is a drummer. See … English dictionary
