Definition of Drum out

1. Verb. Remove from a position or office. "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

Exact synonyms: Boot Out, Expel, Kick Out, Oust, Throw Out
Specialized synonyms: Excommunicate, Depose, Force Out
Generic synonyms: Remove
Derivative terms: Expulsion, Ouster, Ousting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drum Out

drum
drum-kit
drum brake
drum brakes
drum cadence
drum cadences
drum head
drum kit
drum kits
drum machine
drum major
drum majorette
drum majors
drum membrane
drum out (current term)
drum printer
drum roll
drum rolls
drum sander
drum set
drum sets
drum stick
drum sticks
drum up
drumbeat
drumbeater
drumbeaters
drumbeating
drumbeatings

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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