pound out


Produce, especially on a keyboard, as in I can pound out another résumé, or She was pounding out song after song on the piano. [c. 1900]

Words Nearby pound out

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How to use pound out in a sentence

  • The wireless man turned to his printer and began to pound out the message on the keyboard.

    The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
  • But of course, that was the thing they had found in the passage, which Ricky had used to pound out their answer to Rupert.

    Ralestone Luck | Andre Norton
  • Then the young girl began to pound out the Raindrop Prelude while the other turned over the pages.

    Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield
  • If you put me in a stamp-mill you couldn't pound out anything else.

    The Helpers | Francis Lynde
  • The Indians came to Isle Royale to pound out native copper from the rocks.

    The Phantom Violin | Roy J. Snell