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scratch out
verb
strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
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scratch out my name on that list

Syn: ↑cut out
Hypernyms: ↑erase, ↑rub out, ↑score out, ↑efface, ↑wipe off
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s something PP

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ˌscratch ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scratch out he/she/it scratches out present participle scratching out past tense scratched out past participle scratched out] phrasal verb
to remove a word from a sentence or something from a list by drawing a line through it
Thesaurus: editing, adapting and proofreadinghyponym to remove something from a listsynonym
Main entry: scratch

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scratch out [phrasal verb]
scratch (something) out or scratch out (something) : to draw a line through (something that is written down)

I scratched out the mistake.

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Main Entry:scratch

Useful english dictionary. 2012.