bang out

Write, make, or perform something quickly, often without much care.

• I can bang out a short report.
• He banged out a rough tune on the piano.
• She has banged out three articles this morning.

How to use it: bang something out (I can bang a first draft out tonight.)

Similar words: knock out, churn out, dash off

Common phrases: bang out something, bang out songs, bang out reports

Leave an aircraft suddenly by using an emergency seat that throws you out.

• The pilot had to bang out.
• Both crew members banged out before the crash.
• Can a pilot bang out safely at that height?

How to use it: bang out of something (The pilot had to bang out of the damaged jet.)

Similar words: eject, bail out

Common phrases: bang out safely, bang out early

Celebrate a printing worker finishing training or retiring by making loud noise together.

• The printers gathered to bang out their colleague.
• They banged him out on his last day.
• The workshop used to bang out apprentices when their training ended.

How to use it: bang someone out (The printers banged their retiring colleague out.)

Common phrases: bang out someone, bang out apprentices

Attack someone by hitting them repeatedly.

• They threatened to bang out the stranger.
• He was banged out behind the club.
• Police arrested the men who had banged her out.

How to use it: bang someone out (The gang threatened to bang him out.)

Similar words: beat up, assault

Common phrases: bang out someone, bang out rivals

Someone who seems to spend far too much time working or studying.

• He is a bang out who studies all weekend.
• They called her a bang out for finishing every extra assignment.
• Do your friends think you are a bang out?

Similar words: swot, workaholic

Common phrases: a bang out, such a bang out

So bad or unfair that it should not be accepted.

• That rude comment was bang out.
• Leaving her to pay for everyone was bang out.
• They thought his treatment of the staff was bang out.

Similar words: unacceptable, outrageous

Opposites: acceptable

Common phrases: bang out behavior, bang out treatment