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Definition of Drum out
1. Verb. Remove from a position or office. "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
Specialized synonyms: Excommunicate, Depose, Force Out
Generic synonyms: Remove
Derivative terms: Expulsion, Ouster, Ousting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drum Out
Literary usage of Drum out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"... as shown dotted; the tendency of the weight is then to throw the clutch of
the working drum out of gear, but the friction produced by the strain of ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1857)
"He said he feared that we didn't drum out the queen ; but he would ride up ...
Mr. Langstroth was kind enough to come again and drum out the bees as before. ..."
3. Transactions by Mining Institute of Scotland (1885)
"2 drum out of gear, and allows them to start for the pit bottom, using the brake
which is fitted to the drum to regulate the speed of the race coming down ..."
4. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"To execute on a drum, as a tune ;— with out, to expel with beat of drum ; as, to
drum out a deserter, etc. ; with up, to assemble by beat of drum ..."
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