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beat the drum for

beat the drum for verb: to give voice to one's support of; to promote or publicize.

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 beat the drum for

third-person singular presentbeats the drum for
present participlebeating the drum for
pastbeat the drum for
past participlebeaten the drum for
alternative formbang the drum for

Questions about beat the drum for

What does beat the drum for mean?
Beat the drum for means to give voice to one's support of; to promote or publicize.
What part of speech is beat the drum for?
Beat the drum for is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the drum for?
The past tense of beat the drum for is beat the drum for.

Words near beat the drum for in the dictionary

  1. beat the crap out of
  2. beat the crowd
  3. beat the daylight out of
  4. beat the daylights out of
  5. beat the drum
  6. beat the drum for
  7. beat the dummy
  8. beat the dust
  9. beat the hoof
  10. beat the meat
  11. beat the odds

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