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French
Etymology
Literally, “beating drum”, with the positioning of the present participle after its complement which was frequent in Old French[1] (the modern French equivalent would be battant tambour). Compare chemin faisant, Belle au bois dormant.
Pronunciation
Adverb
tambour battant
- (figuratively) eagerly
- (figuratively) promptly, briskly, energetically
- Synonym: rondement
- mener une affaire tambour battant, mener une affaire rondement ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
- Chiefly used with the verb mener.
See also
References
- ^ Léopold Constans (1890) Chrestomathie de l'ancien français (IXe-XVe siècles) (in French), page 15