scratch out

/skrætʃ aʊt/
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Other forms: scratched out; scratches out

Definitions of scratch out
  1. verb
    strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
    “scratch out my name on that list”
    synonyms: cut out
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    type of:
    efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
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