drum up
verb
drummed up; drumming up; drums up
1
: to bring about by persistent effort
drum up some business
Examples of drum up in a Sentence
anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune
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Ikeda has been on a campaign for his store, visiting media outlets and using social media outreach to drum up votes for his family’s pies, urging followers and fans to vote once per day.
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Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
Indeed, those connected services and their possible links to the Chinese state were scary enough to US lawmakers to drum up bipartisan support for new regulations that bar their import, absent an authorization from the Department of Commerce.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Marcus Romero and Alberto Parra were out on their Saturday morning canvassing neighborhoods in Oakland to drum up support for Measure E.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 31 May 2026
After gracing Vanity Fair in recent weeks, while at the same time drumming up a firestorm with his comments about past racial tensions in Oxford hampering some recruiting, Kiffin obviously showed a lighter side.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
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Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
Indeed, those connected services and their possible links to the Chinese state were scary enough to US lawmakers to drum up bipartisan support for new regulations that bar their import, absent an authorization from the Department of Commerce.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Marcus Romero and Alberto Parra were out on their Saturday morning canvassing neighborhoods in Oakland to drum up support for Measure E.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 31 May 2026
After gracing Vanity Fair in recent weeks, while at the same time drumming up a firestorm with his comments about past racial tensions in Oxford hampering some recruiting, Kiffin obviously showed a lighter side.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
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“Drum up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20up. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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