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drum out — verb remove from a position or office (Freq. 1) The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds • Syn: ↑oust, ↑throw out, ↑boot out, ↑kick out, ↑expel • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … 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
drum out of the legal profession — index disbar Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law 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 out — Synonyms and related words: boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, chase out, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, dismiss, displace, displume,… … Moby Thesaurus
drum out of — Kazwell was running the organization into the ground, until the other members drummed him out Syn: expel, dismiss, throw out, oust; drive out, get rid of; exclude, banish; informal give someone the boot, boot out, kick out, give someone their… … Thesaurus of popular words
drum out — PHRASAL VERB: usu passive If someone is drummed out of an organization such as the armed forces or a club, they are forced to leave it, usually because they have done something wrong. [be V ed P P n] Sailors caught in a drugs scandal are to be… … 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 — Drum, v. t. 1. To execute on a drum, as a tune. [1913 Webster] 2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drum — drum1 or drumfish [drum′fish΄drum] n. [< Du trom, akin to MLowG trumme, drum, OHG trumba, of echoic orig.] 1. a) a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over the end or ends,… … English World dictionary
