march to a different drummer

march to a different drummer (mainly American, British)

to behave in a different way or to believe in different things from the people around you. While most of the country supported military action, Santini was marching to a different drummer.

See also: different, march

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march to a different drummer

to be different from other people. As long as the schools that are marching to a different drummer just serve poor kids, no one really cares how they try to teach their students.

See also: different, march