"crank out" meaning in All languages combined

See crank out on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-crank out.ogg [Australia] Forms: cranks out [present, singular, third-person], cranking out [participle, present], cranked out [participle, past], cranked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} crank out (third-person singular simple present cranks out, present participle cranking out, simple past and past participle cranked out)
  1. (idiomatic) To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: churn out Related terms: crank one out Coordinate_terms: turn out, slap together, throw together

Inflected forms

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