Collocations for "drum"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "drum" in context.
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drum
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a drum of [tobacco, oil, cotton, whiskey]
- ship [tobacco] in drums
- is [sold, bought, exported] by the drum
- are [shipped, packed, sold] in drums
- a drum for storing [food, wheat, whiskey]
- is learning to play the drums
- is always practicing (on) the drums
- plays the drums in the [band, group]
- [banging, beating, hitting] the drums
- [move, dance, clap] to the beat of the drum
- has been playing the drums [since, for]
- started playing the drums when (she was four)
- need [rhythm, coordination] to play the drums
- is on drums in the [orchestra, symphony]
- the [steel, timpani] drums
- the [base, snare] drum
- idiom: marches to the beat of his own drum
- the drum of [their feet, the rain]
- a [steady, constant, loud] drum of rain
- the brake drums are [worn, shot, broken]
- the [machine, washing machine] drum
- drum up support for the [cause, team, singer]
- drum up the courage to [talk to her, speak up]
- drum [loudly, violently]
- to drum [in, with] a (rock) band
- drum along (to the music)
- was drumming his fingers on the [table, steering wheel, desk]
- drum [it] into her
- the drum [size, contents, type]
- [bought, got] a new drum [kit, set]
- plays in the drum [section, line]
'drum' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):