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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Selbak hoped the script would land at a major indie, and by the fall, she was set for a reading at AFM to drum up interest.
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Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
But as productivity improves with the advanced tech, business leaders will only continue to drum up even more revolutionary ideas, which will require a constant flow of work from humans.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Still more protesters will be there to drum up support for Proposition 50, the ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and deliver up to five new Democratic seats in the US House.
—Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The hope is that leaking this footage, as well as other assets in the coming weeks, will drum up the buzz needed to get the movie made.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
But as productivity improves with the advanced tech, business leaders will only continue to drum up even more revolutionary ideas, which will require a constant flow of work from humans.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Still more protesters will be there to drum up support for Proposition 50, the ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and deliver up to five new Democratic seats in the US House.
—Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The hope is that leaking this footage, as well as other assets in the coming weeks, will drum up the buzz needed to get the movie made.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Drum up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20up. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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