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drum out en · VERB

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1. (idiomatic, informal) To remove, especially unfairly, from an organization or position of responsibility.
   • Walker at last drums Mehring out of the gay movement (whatever that is) because "he is very myopic and naive," and by implication is not among "those of us who understand how politics works." 1979 April 21, Ray Olson, “Protest”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
   • Another career that wouldn't survive the battle was that of Admiral Abe, who Yamamoto never forgave and essentially drummed out of Japanese navy service. 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 29:20 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
   • The partyship was brought to bear upon him; he was told that he must be either in or out of the party; that he must no longer be "a private in the grand army of freedom," but that he must take his proper position or be drummed out of it; and he succumbed and accepted office. 1877, Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, page 1301:
   • I was drummed out of the job by slanderous lies.

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