{v.} 1. To get by trying or asking again and again; attract or encourage by continued effort. * /The car dealer tried to drum up business by advertising low prices./ 2. To invent. * /I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next week./ Syn.: MAKE UP(2), THINK UP.
{v.} 1. To get by trying or asking again and again; attract or encourage by continued effort. * /The car dealer tried to drum up business by advertising low prices./ 2. To invent. * /I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next week./ Syn.: MAKE UP(2), THINK UP.
phrvt infml
He drummed up a new time-saving method — Он изобрел новый метод, позволяющий экономить время
Don't worry. I'll drum up some excuse — Не волнуйтесь, я придумаю какую-нибудь отговорку
Have no fear. I'll drum a date up for him — Не беспокойтесь, я найду ему девушку
drum up phrvt infml He drummed up a new time-saving method Он изобрел новый метод, позволяющий экономить время Don't worry. I'll drum up some excuse Не волнуйтесь, я придумаю какую-нибудь отговорку Have no fear. I'll drum a date up for him Не беспокойтесь, я найду ему девушку