scratch out (English, verb)
expansion: scratch out (third-person singular simple present scratches out, present participle scratching out, simple past and past participle scratched out)
Senses:
glosses: To remove something by scratching.
glosses: To remove something which was written, by erasing or by putting a mark through it.
glosses: To eke out; to obtain with difficulty.
Forms:
form: scratches out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: scratching out
tags: participle
present
form: scratched out
tags: participle
past
form: scratched out
tags: past