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scratched out

scratched out is the simple past and past participle of scratch out.

Meaning of scratch out

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

Questions about scratched out

What is scratched out the simple past and past participle of?
Scratched out is the simple past and past participle of scratch out.

Words near scratched out in the dictionary

  1. scratched below the surface
  2. scratched beneath the surface
  3. scratched by
  4. scratched one's head
  5. scratched one's own itch
  6. scratched out
  7. scratched that
  8. scratched the surface
  9. scratched together
  10. scratched up
  11. scratchee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scratched out (page history and authors); scratch out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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