churn out

churn out
verb
1. perform in a mechanical way
• Topics: ↑music
• Hypernyms: ↑perform, ↑execute, ↑do
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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They will churn out the duet

2. produce something at a fast rate
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He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic

• Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑make, ↑create
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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transitive verb
: to produce mechanically or copiously : grind out

orchestras that must churn out a different program week in, week out — Andrew Porter

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churn out
To produce rapidly, continuously or mechanically, esp in large quantities
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Main Entry: ↑churn

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ˌchurn ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they churn out he/she/it churns out present participle churning out past tense churned out past participle churned out] phrasal verb
to produce something in large quantities quickly and often carelessly

He churns out a blockbuster film once a year.

Thesaurus: general words for to produce goodssynonym areas and objects found in a factoryhyponym
Main entry: churn

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churn out [phrasal verb]
churn out (something) or churn (something) out informal + often disapproving : to produce (something, especially something of low quality) quickly as part of a continuous process

He churns out [=grinds out] a new novel every year.

the latest graduates churned out by the college

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Main Entry: ↑churn

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