单词 | to drum up |
释义 | > as lemmasto drum up to drum up 1. transitive. a. To attempt to secure or attract (supporters, customers, business, support, funding, etc.) by aggressive salesmanship, rousing oratory, vigorous persuasion, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale > solicit custom for to drum up1824 drum1834 pull1896 tout1920 cold-call1985 1824 Niles' Weekly Reg. 9 Oct. 81/1 The violences that may be committed through ‘combinations’ of persons, drumming up parties to favor their own individual aggrandizement. 1832 Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 2 Oct. He had his friends drumming up visitors, to go and ‘see the governor and get a drink’. 1849 A. Gray Let. 25 Feb. (1893) I. 362 I will..drum up subscribers for Fendler and Lindheimer. 1916 T. S. Eliot Let. 5 Nov. (1988) I. 157 After Christmas, I hope to see people and drum up trade. 1960 B. Crowther Hollywood Rajah iii. 48 He went out and drummed up the money from some of his more venturesome Boston friends. 1990 Guardian 28 May 17/8 Forever strapped for cash, Kollek is an expert at drumming up support elsewhere. 2013 J. Goldman Going Social p. viii I'm not that interested in speaking engagements or drumming up consulting gigs. b. More generally: to come up with; to rustle up; to muster (one's courage, energy, etc.). ΚΠ 1844 Family of Seisers II. ix. 87/2 I rather guess, Captin, we kin drum up a new weddin' gown upon a push. 1899 K. Chopin Awakening xx. 155 Every now and again he drummed up a pretext to bring him to the city. 1908 Evening News 7 May 4/4 He..pauses to gather his wits and drum up his courage before making the attempt. 1962 T. Williams Let. 15 Apr. in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 180 Perhaps if I can drum up the energy for a summer abroad, things will right themselves. 1989 J. Barfoot Family News vi. 114 It was hard to drum up real lust anyway. Still, there was an odd sort of companionability. 2010 ‘S. Jeffries’ Hellion in her Bed xxi. 275 She couldn't even drum up an excuse for why she hadn't donned her nightdress yet. 2. intransitive. British slang. To make tea in a billycan or the like (cf. drum n.1 10d). Later also: to prepare a meal under rough-and-ready conditions, usually outdoors.Originally in the language of tramps. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (intransitive)] > make tea to drum up1910 to brew up1916 the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > make tea draw1736 to make tea1845 brew1868 infuse1891 wet1902 to drum up1910 mast1963 1910 Manch. Guardian 15 July 14/1 A sort of common-room..where the flotsam of the roads that had drifted in sat smoking and ‘drumming up’ until a late hour in the evening. 1935 ‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter ii. 104 After getting to Bromley they had ‘drummed up’ on a horrible, paper-littered refuse dump. a1962 G. H. Coward in T. Machin Coward's War (2006) iv. 30 As there did not seem to be any war on just in our locality, somebody suggested ‘drumming up’..before we pushed off. 1991 A. Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's ix. 104 We were a sight to behold! Then we'd drum up. < as lemmas |
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