different drummer
Definition of different drummer
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—used in phrases such as march to the beat of a different drummer to describe a person who thinks, lives, or behaves in an unusual way His strange behavior was no surprise—he had always marched to (the beat of) a different drummer. Her friends went to college, but she heard a different drummer and moved to the city to be an actor.
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differentplay
: partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality : dissimilar
: not the same: such as
: distinct
: differently
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