to beat the band

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noun to beat the band a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters. 1
noun to beat the band Music. a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band. a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays especially for marching or open-air performances. big band. dance band. 1
noun to beat the band a division of a nomadic tribe; a group of individuals who move and camp together and subsist by hunting and gathering. 1
noun to beat the band a group of persons living outside the law: a renegade band. 1
verb with object to beat the band to unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. 1
verb without object to beat the band to unite; confederate (often followed by together): They banded together to oust the chairman. 1

before 1480

One of the 25% oldest English words

1480-90; < Middle French bande < Italian banda; cognate with Late Latin bandum < Germanic; akin to Gothic bandwa standard, band2, band3, bend1, bond1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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