Claudia in Gardnerville, Nevada, grew up hearing her mother use beat the band for anything happening with great force or flair, as in it’s snowing to beat the band or she was running to beat the band. The expression appears in the late 1800s in uses...
scatter band n. a group of musical performers, without traditional marching band structure, that perform unorthodox skits and songs at university sporting events. Etymological Note: The term originates in the way such groups tend to enter for...
