drum out

1. 1.

   remove from a position or office

   “The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds”

   Synonymsoustthrow outboot outkick outexpel

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerexcommunicatedepose

Questions about drum out

What does drum out mean?

drum out means "remove from a position or office".

What is another word for drum out?

Close synonyms include oust, throw out, boot out, kick out, expel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drum out a common word?

drum out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.