beat the drum for

Example Sentences

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But Nee and her writers don’t beat the drum for gender equality, allowing Ridley’s exploits to make the point.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

“He beat the drum for the hometown and when other people said, ‘Oh, gosh, we’re dying, the kids aren’t staying,’ Jack never put that in the paper.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2018

To a casual observer, Sessions’ drop-in was not particularly notable: just another member of the Trump team stopping by to beat the drum for the administration.

From Slate • May 4, 2017

In Ward’s telling, Gregory culled able staff members, blocked successors to Fuld and promoted his own favorites as he beat the drum for greater risk-taking.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2010

But I had a younger brother who beat the drum for a whole week in an enlisting-office tent in Chicago.

From A Strange Discovery by Dake, Charles Romyn