drum out of
phrasal verb
drummed out of; drumming out of; drums out of
: to force (someone) to leave (a place or organization)
They drummed her out of the club.
He got drummed out of the military.
Examples of drum out of in a Sentence
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She was drummed out of the movie business and denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
At least 20 entities, ultimately targeted by Arizona officials, were operated by someone who Nevada authorities had drummed out of the health care system there, a review of records shows.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
The three-year ban on Trump from running a business in New York fell short of the state attorney general Letitia James’s call for him to be drummed out of the state’s real-estate business permanently.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
Trump surely doesn’t want to be drummed out of New York or hit with a huge fine, and his lawyers are trying to prevent that from happening.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
The big difference: where Glass was drummed out of the industry in shame, Mahmood won awards for his transgressions.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
Despite the severity of allegations around the company, Kotick has not been drummed out of the in-crowd.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
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Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
At least 20 entities, ultimately targeted by Arizona officials, were operated by someone who Nevada authorities had drummed out of the health care system there, a review of records shows.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
The three-year ban on Trump from running a business in New York fell short of the state attorney general Letitia James’s call for him to be drummed out of the state’s real-estate business permanently.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
Trump surely doesn’t want to be drummed out of New York or hit with a huge fine, and his lawyers are trying to prevent that from happening.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
The big difference: where Glass was drummed out of the industry in shame, Mahmood won awards for his transgressions.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
Despite the severity of allegations around the company, Kotick has not been drummed out of the in-crowd.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
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“Drum out of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20out%20of. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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