"drum up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-drum up.ogg [Australia] Forms: drums up [present, singular, third-person], drumming up [participle, present], drummed up [participle, past], drummed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drum up (third-person singular simple present drums up, present participle drumming up, simple past and past participle drummed up)
  1. (idiomatic) To generate or encourage; to campaign for. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-drum_up-en-verb-b70rvfMI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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