scratch out

phrasal verb

scratched out; scratching out; scratches out

: to draw a line through (something that is written down)

I scratched out the mistake.

Examples of scratch out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Orioles scratched out three runs against Royals starting pitcher Michael Wacha and later won 6-4 on a walk-off two-run homer by second baseman Jordan Westburg. —Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024

Savvier fences thoroughly clean the goods by removing labels, scratching out serial numbers and changing expiration dates. —Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024

Like many actors who scratch out a living by moonlighting in restaurants, Rapport spent much of his 20s working as a server and bartender. —Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024

Prior to joining the show, many of the musicians were trying to scratch out a living through touring or performing. —David Arditi, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023

Actually, his various friends and assistants wrote the article in scraps and pieces, pasted it together, and Warhol went over the whole things, scratching out a deletion or adding a sentence here and there. —Stephen Birmingham, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2023

Meisner had a rough first act: He was born in Nebraska, to sharecroppers, married at 14 and dropped out of school to scratch out a few dollars on the Midwest bar circuit. —Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023

Now, Nelson could see that was no exaggerated tale from another person without a home, scratching out a life in one of Atlanta’s hidden encampments. —Matt Kempner, ajc, 22 June 2023

In between are the workaday yarns of aspiring auteurs scratching out a living at the bottom rungs of the movie business. —Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023