crank out

English

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Verb

crank out (third-person singular simple present cranks out, present participle cranking out, simple past and past participle cranked out)

  1. (idiomatic) To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
    Coordinate terms: turn out, slap together, throw together
    Near-synonym: churn out
    The teenager spent hours cranking out volumes of bad poetry.

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