pound out

Idioms  

1. 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]

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pound out

The Dodgers pound out 18 hits to roll to a 10-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, their second straight win and sixth in seven games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025

One of her talents is rock band drummer and she uses her drumsticks to pound out her jangled feelings.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

With his athletic, 6-foot-3 frame — and his mop of curly hair waving — he could pound out the skins-and-cymbals punch for rockers such as Joe Cocker and Tom Petty.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023

“She was very deaf,” he said, “and would kind of pound out the rhythms with her fist on your chest.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

All the while Herman E. Calloway and the Thug kept everything moving by making the drums and the giant fiddle pound out a soft steady beat, like someone’s heart turned way up loud.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis