grind out

1. 1.

   produce in a routine or monotonous manner

   “We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding”

   Synonymscrank out

   Broaderproduce

Questions about grind out

What does grind out mean?

grind out means "produce in a routine or monotonous manner".

What is another word for grind out?

Close synonyms include crank out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grind out a common word?

grind out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.