| 单词 | drum up |
| 释义 | drum upSEE SYNONYMS FOR drum up ON THESAURUS.COM verb(tr, adverb) to evoke or obtain (support, business, etc) by solicitation or canvassing Words nearby drum updrumroll, drumskin, drumstick, drumstick finger, drum table, drum up, drung, drunk, drunkard, drunkard's chair, drunk as a lord Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with drum updrum up Bring about by persistent effort, as in I'm trying to drum up more customers, or We have to drum up support for this amendment. This expression alludes to making repeated drumbeats. [Mid-1800s] Devise, invent, obtain, as in He hoped to drum up an alibi. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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