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drumbeat

drum·beat

US/ˈdrʌˌmbit/ rare

noun

1.
2.

(military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown

3.

a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause

  • “the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq”

Origin

From drum + beat.

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