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Definition of Grind out
1. Verb. Produce in a routine or monotonous manner. "We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding"
Definition of Grind out
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To produce something with ease, as if it is a chore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grind Out
Literary usage of Grind out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree of Mythology, Its Growth and Fruitage: Genesis of the Nursery Tale by Charles De Berard Mills (1888)
"Full of avarice was Frodi, and he compelled his maid-servants to grind night and
day, until out of all patience and desperate, they began to grind out a ..."
2. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1918)
"... had the room next him would continue to grind out tunes all night upon, his
accordion. ... What in Heaven's name possessed people to grind out tunes, ..."
3. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1882)
"Now take the pallets and grind out the notches aud face them.with bita of mainspring
... To grind out the inequalities of the pallet laces would involve ..."
4. The Radical (1866)
"The king brought the two slaves to the Quern-stones and ordered them to grind
out for him riches, peace, prosperity, etc. ; and so avaricious was he that he ..."
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