- drum something out
- drum something out†to beat a rhythm, loudly and clearly, as if teaching it to someone. •
Drum the rhythm out before you try to sing this song.
•Drum out the rhythm first.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
drum something out
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drum someone out of — drum (someone) out of (something) to force someone to leave a job or organization. A lot of writers and directors were drummed out of the film business in the 1950s because they were suspected of being communists … New idioms dictionary
drum someone out of something — drum (someone) out of (something) to force someone to leave a job or organization. A lot of writers and directors were drummed out of the film business in the 1950s because they were suspected of being communists … New idioms dictionary
drum somebody out (of something) — ˌdrum sb ˈout (of sth) derived usually passive to force sb to leave an organization as a punishment for doing sth wrong • He was drummed out of the army. Main entry: ↑drumderived … Useful english dictionary
drum out of — [phrasal verb] drum (someone) out of (something) : to force (someone) to leave (a place or organization) They drummed her out of the club. He got drummed out of the military. • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
drum out of something — drum (someone) out of (something) to force someone to leave a job or organization. A lot of writers and directors were drummed out of the film business in the 1950s because they were suspected of being communists … New idioms dictionary
drum out of — drum (someone) out of (something) to force someone to leave a job or organization. A lot of writers and directors were drummed out of the film business in the 1950s because they were suspected of being communists … New idioms dictionary
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 — 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
drum up — verb gather drum up support • Syn: ↑beat up, ↑rally • Hypernyms: ↑collect, ↑pull in • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
drum out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms drum out : present tense I/you/we/they drum out he/she/it drums out present participle drumming out past tense drummed out past participle drummed out drum someone out of something to force someone to leave an … English dictionary
