Definition
To remove, especially unfairly, from an organization or position of responsibility.
In Context
- "I was drummed out of the job by slanderous lies."
- "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."
- "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.""
- "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."