pound out

phrasal verb

pounded out; pounding out; pounds out
1
: to make or produce (something) quickly especially by pounding (such as on a keyboard)
Every week he pounds out another column for the newspaper.
2
: to play (a song, melody, etc.) loudly on a musical instrument especially by pounding (such as on a piano)
The band's lead singer was pounding out a tune on the piano.

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The Ravens pounded out a 30-23 win over the Chargers. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024 And the run support was nice, too, as the Twins’ lineup pounded out 15 hits — including homers by Christian Vázquez, Max Kepler and Kyle Farmer — and took advantage of the Royals’ shaky fielding to score their third-most runs in a game this season. Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 The trance-y, heavy thud of techno pounds out of the Servis soundsystem. Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024 Since that April low, BTI has pounded out a consistent pattern of higher highs and higher lows, and now sits above two upward-sloping moving averages. David Keller, CNBC, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for pound out 

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“Pound out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pound%20out. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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