drum

Adv. umg.

1. darum

2. drum rumkommen / rumreden herumkommen, herumreden

3. sei’s drum! never mind, too bad, what the hell!

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drụm [drʊm]

adv (inf)

around, round (Brit)

drum (he)rum — all (a)round

drum (he)rumreden — to beat about the bush

da wirst du nicht drum (he)rumkommen — there's no getting out of it

seis drum! (geh) — never mind

das (ganze) Drum und Dran — the paraphernalia

mit allem Drum und Dran — with all the bits and pieces (inf); Mahlzeit with all the trimmings pl

See:

→ darum

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drum

[ˈdrʊm]

adv (fam) that's why

... \drum frage ich ja! ... that's why I'm asking!

▶ das \drum und Dran the whole works, everything to do with sth

alles/das [ganze] D\drum und Dran all the details [or no beating about the bush]

▶ mit allem D\drum und Dran with all the trimmings

▶ \drum rum [o herum] all [a]round

▶ sei's \drum! be that as it may

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Adverb (ugs.)

1) s. darum

2) [a]round

um etwas drum herum — [all] [a]round something

drum rumreden — beat about or (Amer.) around the bush

sei's drum — never mind; [that's] too bad

alles od. das [ganze] Drum und Dran — (bei einer Mahlzeit) all the trimmings; (bei einer Feierlichkeit) all the palaver that goes with it (coll.)

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drum adv umg

1. → darum

2.

drum rumkommen/rumreden → herumkommen, herumreden

3.

sei’s drum! never mind, too bad, what the hell!

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Adverb (ugs.)

1) s. darum

2) [a]round

um etwas drum herum — [all] [a]round something

drum rumreden — beat about or (Amer.) around the bush

sei's drum — never mind; [that's] too bad

alles od. das [ganze] Drum und Dran — (bei einer Mahlzeit) all the trimmings; (bei einer Feierlichkeit) all the palaver that goes with it (coll.)

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adv.

for that reason expr.