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beat the drum for
(redirected from bang the drum for)

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beat the drum for someone or something and bang the drum for someone or something
Fig. to promote or support someone or something. (As if one were beating a drum to get attention.) I spent a lot of time beating the drum for our plans for the future. The senator is only banging the drum for his special interests.
See also: beat, drum
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It's important that I bang the drum for libraries and reading.
Start banging that drum - now by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The Brum Beats Collection will bang the drum for local talent and serve as a permanent archive of the city's thriving musical scene.
City songs are sought for archive by Birmingham Mail (England)
TWO free taster sessions will take place at a school in Coventry - to bang the drum for the over-50s.
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