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drum out

idiom
Meaning

To remove, especially unfairly, from an organization or position of responsibility.


Examples
SIMPLE

The committee decided to drum him out of the club.

CONTEXTUAL

After the scandal broke, the board members moved quickly to drum the director out of the organization.

COMPLEX

Following the controversial policy change, the leadership sought to drum out any dissenting voices who refused to align with the new vision.

Anchors to
Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    beat the drum for

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

  2. 02

    drum into

    To repeat something to a (person) until they accept, remember or understand it.

  3. 03

    drum up

    To generate or encourage; to campaign for.

  4. 04

    march to the beat of a different drum

    To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.

  5. 05

    on the drum

    Money in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction, especially to a soldier as pay or bonuses.

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