to make someone learn or understand something by repeating it many times
Despite her cruelty, she drummed into me that a child had to respect its parents.
Education is something he will always give advice about, and the importance of it is something he has drummed into all of us.
Is that something that was drummed into you?
Is this a work ethic that has been drummed into you from an early age?
Maybe it has been drummed into your head that you must not ask for things but wait until they are given to you.
My Quaker grandmother had a maxim that was drummed into me: business before pleasure.
Safety is drummed into you from the very beginning of flying training.
That message has been drummed into the squad from on high.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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