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scratch (out)

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1 to compose and set down on paper the words of
  • scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front

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2 to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
  • scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one

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  • stet
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“Scratch (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20%28out%29. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.

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