to drum up

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To generate or encourage; to campaign for

The candidate gave speeches, shook hands, and kissed babies in an effort to drum up support before the election.

gather; rally; cause by persistent effort; invent; devise
If you drum up support or business, you try to get it. It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business
gather; "drum up support"
to drum up
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