beat the drum

Meaning

1. beat / bang the drum (for sb / sth)

   to speak with enthusiasm in support of sb / sth

In the movies · 5

• Beat drums! Beat drums!The Muppet Movie1979
• We had a bunch of farmers with pitchforks and beat 'em like a drum.Shanghai Knights2003
• # Hare Krishna Hare Krishna # Krishna Krishna # Hare Hare # Hare Rama # Hare Rama Rama Rama # Hare Hare # Hare Krishna Hare Krishna # Krishna Krishna # Hare Hare # Hare Rama Hare Rama # Rama Rama # Hare Hare # Hare Krishna Hare Krishna # Krishna Krishna # Hare Hare # Hare Rama Hare Rama # Rama Rama # Hare Hare # Love, Love, Love, Love # Drop out, Drop out Drop out, Drop out # Be in, Be in, Be in, Be in # Take trips, get high Laugh, joke and good-bye # Beat drum and old tin pot # I am high on you-know-what # MarijuanaHair1979
• - And you beat them like a drum?The Three Musketeers2011
• I believe in self-assertion Destiny or as light diversion Now it seems I've got my head on straight I'm a freak an apparition Seems I've made the right decision To try to turn back now it might be too late - I want to stay home today - Don't wanna go out - If anyone comes to play - Gonna get thrown out - I wanna stay home today - Don't want no company No way Yeah, yeah, yeah I wanna be a millionaire some day But know what it feels like to give it away Watch me march to the beat of my own drum And it's off to the moon and then back again Same old day Same situation My happiness rears back as if to say - I wanna stay home today - Don't wanna go out - If anyone comes my way - Gonna get thrown out - I wanna stay home today - Don't want no company No way Yeah, yeah, yeahShrek2001

From the same entry

• march to a different drummer
• drum into head
• drum into
• drum out
• drum up