单词 | to drum out of |
释义 | > as lemmasto drum out of b. transitive. To dismiss or expel in disgrace, originally from a regiment, military service, etc. Later also more generally: to expel, drive out. Frequently in to drum out of.Originally with reference to the military practice of accompanying the expulsion of an offender with the playing of specific music by a regimental drummer (cf. rogue's march n. at rogue n. and adj. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > forcibly or ignominiously eject1555 rumble1570 obtrude1595 to show (a person) the door1638 to kick downstairs1678 to kick out1697 drum1720 firk1823 to chuck out1869 bounce1877 boot1880 out-kick1883 turf1888 hoof1893 hound1922 1720 C. Brockwell Chronological Hist. Great-Brit. 1148 One Devenish..was sentenc'd by a Court-Martial to be ty'd to a Tree and whipt by the First, Second, and Third Regiments of Guards at three several Times, and afterwards to be drummed out of the Regiment. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. x. 372 They..ought to be drummed out of society. 1795 Scots Mag. Dec. 836/2 If you have an ear, I'll cut it off, and drum you back to Fife. 1811 Naval Chron. 25 28 You are to be drummed ashore. 1814 Z. Taylor Let. 6 Sept. in J. R. Irelan Republic (1888) XII. ii. 29 I determined to drum them [sc. the enemy] from the island, let their numbers be what they might. 1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 292/2 He would be drummed out of the county on a wooden horse. 1934 Hammond (Indiana) Times 30 Mar. 13/1 The soldier, either in war or peace, who so manifestly failed..would have been drummed from the service. 1952 Life 17 Nov. 85 If by chance he likes them equally well, both camps will drum him out of culinary society. 1996 Advocate 14 May 14/3 Parsons was drummed off the coach's bench in 1981. 2008 J. Fisher Forensics under Fire i. 14 The fact that he was drummed out of the profession indicates that he was, even by the most lenient standards, incompetent and corrupt. < as lemmas |
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