crank out

verb

cranked out; cranking out; cranks out

transitive verb

: to produce especially in a mechanical manner
crank out a manuscript

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Apple’s Slow Horses is a series that has been cranking out a season every single year, sometimes even sooner than a year, due to its relentless, efficient filming schedules and endless renewal. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 The factories that had cranked out weapons could be repurposed to produce housing en masse. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2024 As most big Swiss watch houses follow their own strange inertia into the 21st century, perhaps Universal Genève not having danced with the marketplace over the past three decades affords the freedom to get up on stage and just crank out the 20th-century jams. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024 Logan Jones, Iowa, center Kirk Ferentz keeps cranking out Freaks. Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crank out 

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crank out was in 1956

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“Crank out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crank%20out. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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