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beat 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And activists like Tim Carpenter, director of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), and John Bonifaz, author of a book on impeaching Bush and now a candidate for secretary of state of Massachusetts, continued to beat the drum for impeachment. The hitcom is on a two-week hiatus while Kelsey returns to form, giving Jane some extra time to focus on her non-``Frasier'' activities - continuing to beat the drum for the inspiring ``Music of the Heart,'' in which she plays a socialite who comes to the aid of the Meryl Streep character and her inner-city music students. As the longest-running Energizer bunny for supply-side economics, Kemp has relentlessly beat the drum for smaller, less-intrusive government. |
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