drum up

verb

1. tr, adverb to evoke or obtain (support, business, etc) by solicitation or canvassing

Example Sentences

To address the issue, they decided to make a demo tape to drum up business.

From BBC

And when the principals aren’t around, both campaigns have other politicians and officials to drum up support.

From BBC

The second reason is there has been, for almost 70 years now, an infrastructure set up in the United States to drum up moral panics about the leftist youth.

From Salon

Whatever the content of the news conferences, there was no denying that they were effective in drumming up support among the president’s base.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump nodded to the issue at Wednesday night’s presidential debate, suggesting the Biden administration has brought in migrants to drum up votes for the Democratic Party.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• canvass
• solicit