drum sb out of sth
— phrasal verb with drum uk/drʌm/us/drʌm/verb [ I or T ] -mm-
to force someone to leave a job, group, etc., often because they have behaved in a way that is not considered acceptable:
The minister was drummed out of office when it was discovered that he had been taking bribes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- lay sb off
- pension
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sack
- sacking
- shakeout
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