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

You could tell old Spencer'd got a big bang out of buying it.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

Related Words

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