DRUM UP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

drum up

verb

Definition of drum up

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune

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Recent Examples of drum up Randy Newman’s score even drums up a rousing Viking chant. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 Wanting to drum up support for her stepbrother Alex Freeman's first World Cup appearance, Spaulding jumped into the comments section with a simple request. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 Can Cruz and Cantwell drum up enough support for this to pass? — Trey Wallace, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 After Ikeda’s California Country Market was nominated for the contest, Ikeda campaigned relentlessly to drum up support, urging fans and customers to cast daily votes. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for drum up

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Its specialists work with customers to assess their retirement accounts and devise a diversified portfolio of precious metals that features an asset allocation designed to adhere to their risk tolerance and investment goals.

— Javier Simon, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Marmion and Currie now join every other coed school that has to devise how to share finite facilities.

— Dave Oberhelman, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Definition of devise

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For American River College specifically, the project list includes constructing new STEM, science and fine arts facilities and building a replacement for Davies Hall after it was shut down suddenly in 2023.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
The city’s news release says the drainage basin where the incident occurred is privately owned and was initially constructed as part of the Richland Park subdivision.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026

Definition of construct

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In The Beauty, Ryan Murphy and co-creator Matthew Hodgson have concocted a genre-hopping oddity that sounds unlikely to work.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
Brazil’s team, meanwhile, decamped to Orlando, Florida, where Laitano affixed players with sweat-collection patches and analyzed their fluid and electrolyte loss during workouts to concoct a hydration regimen for each person.

— Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of concoct

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But regulation should be about making sure players are motivated to, and do meet the public interest goals of safety and good traffic flow, not about telling them how to do that while the technology is still being invented.

— Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Plastic flamingos—invented in Massachusetts, of all places—were planted in yards to amuse homeowners.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026

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