SCRATCH OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scratch out mean? 

• SCRATCH OUT (verb)
  The verb SCRATCH OUT has 1 sense:

1. strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

  Familiarity information: SCRATCH OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRATCH OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cut out; scratch out

Context example:

scratch out my name on that list

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

 Context examples 

Aha! she cried mockingly, you would fetch your dearest, but the beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest; the cat has got it, and will scratch out your eyes as well.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)