bang the drum

To voice one's support for something. Quit banging the drum for that candidate—he is simply not qualified for the job.

bang/beat the drum

to speak eagerly about something that you support (often + for ) Once again she was banging the drum for pre-school nurseries. The opposition parties are always beating the environmental drum.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Konstantyn	kawn-STAHN-tin	Polish
Elroy	EL-roi	English
Gianmaria	jahn-mah-REE-ah	Italian
Magnus	MAHNG-nus (Swedish), MAG-nəs (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Marko	MAHR-ko (Finnish)	Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Basque
Berko	-	Western African, Akan