PROMOTE, PROMOTING, PROMOTION, PROMOTIONAL
ADJECTIVES
► ADVANCIVE tending to advance or promote → 1847
► PROMO promotional → 1963 US sl.
NOUNS
► PROGRAM a promoting something for one’s personal benefit → 1960s
VERBS
► ADMOVE to promote, to advance → 1839 obs.
► BEAT THE DRUM FOR to promote or support someone or something → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLOG to promote, hype, or support something; to try to sell something aggressively → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GAG to persuade, to boost, to promote → L19 sl.
► GET A HACKIE UP ► GET A HACK UP to get promotion, to be advanced in status → 1956 Sc.
► HEARTEN to strengthen, to help on, to further, to promote → 1615 obs.
► HUSTLE to sell or serve goods, esp. in an aggressive, pushing manner; to promote → 1887 Amer. sl.
► KICK UPSTAIRS to promote to a senior but less important job → 1697 sl.
► SPROOK ► SPRUIK to promote or publicize; to discourse on in a public forum → 1901
► SUBSERVE to promote or assist by supplying an instrument or means → 1677
► UP to improve, to boost; to promote → 1950s sl., orig. US
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