bang out

Idioms  

1. Produce something loudly or hastily by striking, either a musical instrument or a typing keyboard. For example, The accompanist banged out the melody on the piano, or John planned to bang out his presentation in a couple of hours. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Moving to her piano to bang out “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” by Cat Stevens, wearing a daisy in her hair that she picked in the cemetery earlier.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

“I’m good for ideas and visual things, but I’m not going to sit behind a computer and bang out a script. That’s not my strength,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024

In that second one, she and two dozen coveralled co-workers bang out some electrocuted, hydraulic choreography while the operation’s giant, once-malfunctioning heart sputters back to life and spews radioactive positivity.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

The noise is even worse for her friends if they are inside the school buildings, don’t know a track meet is happening and then hear a bang out of nowhere.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

So, lacking the truly perfect response, she lifted her legs and spun around to the piano, where she proceeded to bang out “Heart and Soul” with her left hand and “Chopsticks” with her right.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

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