DRUM OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drum out mean? 

• DRUM OUT (verb)
  The verb DRUM OUT has 1 sense:

1. remove from a position or office

  Familiarity information: DRUM OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRUM OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove from a position or office

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

boot out; drum out; expel; kick out; oust; throw out

Context example:

The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds

Hypernyms (to "drum out" is one way to...):

remove (remove from a position or an office)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drum out"):

excommunicate (oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)

depose; force out (force to leave (an office))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP