drum up
verb
drummed up; drumming up; drums up
1
: to bring about by persistent effort
drum up some business
Examples of drum up in a Sentence
anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune
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On a Reddit post drumming up support for the country-wide April 5 protests—more than 1,000 are planned—one user had their own unequivocal answer to the question of how best to build momentum.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s protégé who succeeded her as RN’s president, launched a petition to drum up support for her.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
On the face of it, drumming up investment in schemes involving Manchester United, the 20-time champions of England and one of the world’s biggest clubs, appears an easier task.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
And in the end, the controversy that’s been drummed up around this curiously lifeless retelling from director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) will almost certainly be the only thing folks remember about this particular take on the fairest of them all.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s protégé who succeeded her as RN’s president, launched a petition to drum up support for her.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
On the face of it, drumming up investment in schemes involving Manchester United, the 20-time champions of England and one of the world’s biggest clubs, appears an easier task.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
And in the end, the controversy that’s been drummed up around this curiously lifeless retelling from director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) will almost certainly be the only thing folks remember about this particular take on the fairest of them all.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Drum up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20up. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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