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SCRATCH OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
Example:
scratch out my name on that list
Synonyms:
cut out; scratch out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "scratch out" is one way to...):
efface; erase; rub out; score out; wipe off (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
