All beat the drum synonyms
beat the drum
B b verb beat the drum
- perform β to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- laud β to praise; extol.
- proclaim β to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- observe β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- revere β to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- revel β to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- lionize β to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- solemnize β to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- signalize β to make notable or conspicuous.
- jubilate β to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- hallow β to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- rejoice β to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
- fete β a day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
- party β a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- carouse β If you say that people are carousing, you mean that they are behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol as they enjoy themselves.
- glorify β to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- memorialize β to commemorate.
- feast β any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
- dedicate β If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- bless β When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- consecrate β When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- publicize β to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- ritualize β to practice ritualism.
- have a ball β enjoy oneself immensely
- blow off steam β water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- drink to β to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- live it up β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- make whoopee β make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
- paint the town red β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- raise hell β the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- kick up one's heels β the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- cut loose β to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
- get down β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get it on β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go to town β a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- let off steam β a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
- raise the roof β the external upper covering of a house or other building.