drum out
(tr, adverb usually foll by of)
to expel from a club, association, etc
(formerly) to dismiss from military service to the beat of a drum
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How to use drum out in a sentence
The ryots co-operate to drum out monkeys or birds that destroy their crops.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma GandhiThe Dom went his way and cut down a tree and made a drum out of the wood, and went about playing on the drum and begging.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas | Cecil Henry BompasHere Jimmieboy had the wonderful experience of seeing a Lobster take a bass-drum out of his pocket.
Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy | John Kendrick BangsFrom time to time I would leave my playthings and climb up to drum out whatever came into my head.
Musical Memories | Camille Saint-SansHe gave orders that, after his death, they should make a drum out of his skin.
The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical | Frank H. Stauffer
Other Idioms and Phrases with drum out
Expel or dismiss publicly and in disgrace, as in They drummed him out of the club. This usage, which alludes to dismissal from a military service to the beat of a drum, began to be applied to civilian expulsions in the mid-1700s.
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