scratch out
Eliminate by striking
To scratch out is to produce something with difficulty or barely adequate effort, often implying struggle: He scratched out a living as a day laborer.
It also means to cross out or delete by drawing lines through: She scratched out the mistake and wrote the correction above it.
The phrase suggests rough, effortful action rather than smooth production.
Remove or erase
- strike throughDelete by line
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
redact · efface · line through · remove · excise · eliminate · annul · void
delete
Remove or erase
- strike throughDelete by line
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
expunge · redact · efface · line through · remove · excise · eliminate · annul · void · retract
scrawl
Careless, illegible writing
draft · note · sketch · pen · doodle · inscribe · etch · carve · engrave · compose
- blot outerase, delete, efface, expunge, obliterate
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, strikethrough, x
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
scratch outthrive
Flourish with vigor
flourish · prosper · rake in · make a fortune · live large