drumming up
Generating through effort
Drumming up means generating or gathering through persistent effort, especially business, support, or enthusiasm: She spent the morning drumming up votes for the proposal, The company is drumming up interest in its new product.
The image suggests the repetitive, attention-getting quality of a drum beating to draw a crowd.
- convincingAble to persuade
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- recruitingEnlisting new members
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
coaxing · rallying · collecting · accumulating · publicizing · networking · working the room · making the rounds · soliciting · acquiring · mustering · rounding up · sourcing · lobbying · connecting · stirring up · negotiating · pitching
drumming upwaiting for
Anticipating the arrival of
sitting back · receiving · awaiting · standing by · biding one's time
drumming upsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
dampening · discouraging · stifling · driving away · quashing
drumming updriving away
Causing to leave
repelling · deterring · turning away · alienating · discouraging