drum up support

There are only certain ways, it seems, you can drum up support.

"We met with him when he was trying to drum up support.

But half a dozen or so paid campaign workers came into the state to drum up support for him.

Party leaders began a series of appearances around the state last week to drum up support.

He was given until today to try to drum up support from opposition parties to form another administration.

There is the less obvious problem of drumming up support among the 177 million people in the work force.

Senate leaders urged her to drum up support for the proposal.

Some candidates are venturing out of state to drum up support.

Seven breakfast meetings with clergy members were held to drum up support.

He spends his time meeting with lawmakers and lawyers, trying to drum up support.

Republican leaders chose not to drum up support for the bill among the rank and file.

And they have been using the delay to drum up support for the changes they want.

She will be in town from Tanzania to drum up support for her primate research.

So at the meeting, the owners tried to come up with a plan to drum up support.

Included are board games that helped drum up support for the women's suffrage movement.

"Look, there's Bond drumming up support for a second go.

He has been drumming up support for the idea for two years now and hopes to open the center in late 1997 or early 1998.

There was also a concerted campaign by Palestinian solidarity groups to drum up support for the series.

With five other core members, including his younger brother, they used the internet and student contacts to drum up support for the movement.

Later Boyd began drumming up support to name the community Holiday.

New Mexicans used the event to drum up support for statehood, which was granted four years later, in 1912.

It was coordinated with efforts by outside groups, especially Americans for Tax reform, to drum up support.

To drum up support, a band played and an acrobat juggled.

But instead he appointed a committee to help drum up support for him, particularly in the white political and business establishment, over the next two months.