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present tense third-person singular of 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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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- stets
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“Scratches (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratches%20%28out%29. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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