drum up

drum up
verb
gather
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drum up support

Syn: ↑beat up, ↑rally
Hypernyms: ↑collect, ↑pull in
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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transitive verb
: to arouse by persistent effort : solicit

tried to drum up sentiment against the commission — A.H.Raskin

drum up trade

drum up support

when the campaign was over, he told himself, he was going to drum up some way of making liquor — Norman Mailer

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ˌdrum ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drum up he/she/it drums up present participle drumming up past tense drummed up past participle drummed up] phrasal verb
to try to make people support you or buy something from you

Advertisements should help to drum up some business.

Thesaurus: to try to sell somethingsynonym to persuade someone to agree with or support yousynonym
Main entry: drum

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drum up [phrasal verb]
drum up (something) also drum (something) up : to get or create (support, business, etc.) through hard work and a lot of effort

They sent out flyers to drum up support for their candidate.

Somehow, we need to drum up some new business.

The company is trying to drum up demand for a new product.

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Main Entry:drum

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