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beat the drum for

idiom
Meaning

To give voice to one's support of; to promote or publicize.


Examples
SIMPLE

She loves to beat the drum for her favorite local charity.

CONTEXTUAL

The manager spent the entire meeting beating the drum for the new project to ensure everyone supported it.

COMPLEX

Throughout his long career in politics, he consistently beat the drum for environmental reform, even when his colleagues remained skeptical of the cause.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    beat a dead horse

    To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

  2. 02

    beat a retreat

    To leave hastily in the face of opposition.

  3. 03

    beat around the bush

    To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.

  4. 04

    beat as one

    To share the same feelings.

  5. 05

    beat Banaghan

    To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable.

  6. 06

    beat feet

    To run.

  7. 07

    beat it

    To leave; to go away.

  8. 08

    beat off

    To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis.

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