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bang the drum for

bang the drum for is the alternative form of beat the drum for.

Meaning of beat the drum for

Verb

beat the drum for (third-person singular simple present beats the drum for, present participle beating the drum for, simple past beat the drum for, past participle beaten the drum for)

  1. (idiomatic) To give voice to one's support of; to promote or publicize.

Forms of bang the drum for

third-person singular presentbangs the drum for
present participlebanging the drum for
past participlebanged the drum for
pastbanged the drum for

Questions about bang the drum for

What is bang the drum for the alternative form of?
Bang the drum for is the alternative form of beat the drum for.

Words near bang the drum for in the dictionary

  1. bang straws
  2. bang tail
  3. bang tails
  4. Bang That Was Promised
  5. bang the door down
  6. bang the drum for
  7. bang to rights
  8. bang up
  9. bang zone
  10. bang zones
  11. Bang's disease

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bang the drum for (page history and authors); beat the drum for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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