crank out

verb

To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.

“Near-synonym: churn out”

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churn outgrind out
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Meanings

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

present singular third person cranks out · participle present cranking out · participle past cranked out · past cranked out

  1. idiomaticTo produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.

    Near-synonym: churn out

    1 more example

    The teenager spent hours cranking out volumes of bad poetry.

    Synonyms: churn out

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.

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churn out

More synonyms by meaning

verbproduce in a routine or monotonous manner

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grind out
Broader
producebring forth
Also see
churn outgrind out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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