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scratches out

scratches out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scratches out

What is scratches out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scratches out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scratch out.

Words near scratches out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scratches 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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