scratch out

English

Verb

scratch out (third-person singular simple present scratches out, present participle scratching out, simple past and past participle scratched out)

1. To remove something by scratching.
2. To remove something which was written, by erasing or by putting a mark through it.
3. To eke out; to obtain with difficulty.

   to scratch out a meagre living

Translations

to remove by scratching.

German: löschen (de)

to remove by erasing or putting a mark through

German: durchstreichen (de)