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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bang out

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

I still say we have a small player pool and we manage to bang out incredible performances.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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

Soon after taking up his position, Davy began to bang out new elements one after another–potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and aluminum or aluminium, depending on which branch of English you favor.*

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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