beat the drum for

Example Sentences

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But Nee and her writers don’t beat the drum for gender equality, allowing Ridley’s exploits to make the point.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Ms. Ellis beat the drum for the president on cable and wherever else she had a platform.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2020

“It doesn’t do any good to come down here and beat the drum for Alaska issues. That’s what everybody expects,” Rep. Young told the News-Miner in March 1973.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2017

For Twitter’s investors to beat the drum for growth is natural.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2016

But I had a younger brother who beat the drum for a whole week in an enlisting-office tent in Chicago.

From A Strange Discovery by Dake, Charles Romyn