turn (one's) crank

To excite one or arouse one's interest. To be honest, science never turned my crank in school. I was always more interested in literature.

See also: crank, turn

See also:

crank out
crank something out
crank something up
crank up
cranking
pique (one's) interest
sluice out
crank bugs
blacken up
pique (one's) curiosity

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