bang out

Idioms & Phrases

bang out

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]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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bang out

verb
play loudly; "They banged out 'The star-spangled banner'" 
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Bang out is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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