crank out
Produce in quantity
To crank out something is to produce it rapidly and mechanically, often in large quantities: She cranks out three novels a year.
The phrase suggests efficiency over artistry—steady output rather than careful craft.
Factory machinery cranks; so does a writer meeting deadlines: He's been cranking out reports all week.
- generateCause to come into being
- pump outExpel by mechanical force
- turn outHappen in the end
- bang outProduce hastily
- hammer outResolve through prolonged effort
pound out · produce · output · manufacture · dash off · knock out · prolific · work horse · fabricate · cookie cutter · fire off · bring forth · spit out · churn out · reel off · grind out · automate · like clockwork
crank outhandcraft
Create something manually
craft · take one's time · bespoke · sculpt · perfect
crank outstall out
Cease functioning abruptly
hit a wall · eke out · squeeze out · stagnate · come up empty