scratches out
Marks over messily
To scratch out is to cancel or obliterate by drawing lines through: She scratched out the mistake and wrote the correction above it.
It also means to produce with difficulty or barely manage: He scratches out a living doing odd jobs.
The image is of laborious marking—whether crossing something off or scraping words onto a surface.
- ekeStretch meager resources
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- scrapeRub harshly against
- scuffSurface scrape or scratch
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
cancel · annul · negate · abrade · obliterate · wipes out · blot out · cross out · marks out · carve · gouge · etch · reject · mark · rub · deny · manage · persist
scratches outerases
Removes marks completely
deletes · whites out · rubs out · backspaces · wipes away
scratches outthrives
Succeeds and grows
prospers · flourishes · coasts
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