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Idiom DRUM (SOMEONE)/GET DRUMMED OUT OF THE CORPS
Definition to expel someone from a group or organization
Examples
  1. If I suggested to the boss that the company pay for the Christmas party, he’d probably fire me. I’d get drummed out of the corps.
  2. When Henry recommended that the men’s club should admit women as members, they drummed him out of the corps.
Extra Info

The expression originates from a military setting where, when someone left the corps in disgrace, he or she was escorted out with a drum roll. Its usage includes any group and carries with it a sense of disgrace or rejection.

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