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单词 drum up
释义

drum up

verb

drummed up; drumming up; drums up

transitive verb

1
: to bring about by persistent effort
drum up some business
2
: invent, originate
drum up a new method

Synonyms

  • concoct
  • construct
  • contrive
  • cook (up)
  • devise
  • excogitate
  • fabricate
  • invent
  • make up
  • manufacture
  • think (up)
  • trump up
  • vamp (up)
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Example Sentences

anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

drum up

verb

as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • devise
  • construct
  • concoct
  • trump up
  • invent
  • design
  • make up
  • manufacture
  • vamp (up)
  • come up with
  • cook (up)
  • produce
  • hatch
  • excogitate
  • think (up)
  • fabricate
  • contrive
  • dream
  • coin
  • imagine
  • visualize
  • vision
  • conceive
  • envision
  • fantasize
  • improvise
  • daydream
  • envisage
  • extemporize
  • picture
  • ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • copy
  • reproduce
  • duplicate
  • mimic
  • clone
  • replicate
  • imitate
  • reduplicate
  • copycat
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