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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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