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DRUM OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drum out mean?
• DRUM OUT (verb)
The verb DRUM OUT has 1 sense:
1. remove from a position or office
Familiarity information: DRUM OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove from a position or office
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
boot out; drum out; expel; kick out; oust; throw out
Context example:
The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
Hypernyms (to "drum out" is one way to...):
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drum out"):
excommunicate (oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)
depose; force out (force to leave (an office))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
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