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crank issue

a topic that causes anger, can of worms The Premier raised a crank issue and then went on holidays.

crank it up

turn up the volume, louder please Hey, Karen, crank up the radio. That's a great song.

crank out

make, write, manufacture Can you crank out a few jokes for our school newspaper?

turn your crank

interest you, inspire you Classical music turns his crank. He likes the great symphonies.

crank

1. to turn up the volume of a radio, etc
2. a mentally unstable person

crank an Eight Ball

to defecate

crank up

1. to increase, often with reference to the volume of music
2. to inject drugs

nook and cranny

Idiom(s): nook and cranny

Theme: HIDING

small, out-of-the-way places or places where something can be hidden. (Usually with every. Fixed order.)
• We looked for the tickets in every nook and cranny. They were lost. There was no doubt.
• The decorator had placed flowers in every nook and cranny.

crank sth out

Idiom(s): crank sth out

Theme: PRODUCTION

to produce something; to make something in a casual and mechanical way. (Slang.)
• John can crank a lot of work out in a single day.
• That factory keeps cranking out cars even though no one buys them.

Every nook and cranny

If you search every nook and cranny, you look everywhere for something.

crank in

crank in
Factor in, integrate, as in We'll have to crank in both state and federal taxes when we make our plans. [Slang; 1960s]

crank letter

crank letter
Also, crank call. An irrational, fanatical, or hostile letter or telephone call. For example, The office was flooded with mail, including a lot of crank letters, or Harriet was upset enough by the crank calls to notify the police. This expression employs crank in the sense of “irrational person.” The first term dates from the mid-1900s, the variant from the 1960s.

cranny

cranny
see nook and cranny, every.

nook and cranny, every

nook and cranny, every
Everywhere, as in I've searched for it in every nook and cranny, and I still can't find it. This metaphoric idiom pairs nook, which has meant “an out-of-the-way corner” since the mid-1300s, with cranny, which has meant “a crack or crevice” since about 1440. Neither noun is heard much other than in this idiom.