scratch+out
41scratch your head — scratch (your) head to have difficulty understanding something. A lot of people must be scratching their heads and trying to figure out what happened …
42scratch head — scratch (your) head to have difficulty understanding something. A lot of people must be scratching their heads and trying to figure out what happened …
43scratch|board — «SKRACH BRD, BOHRD», noun. a kind of cardboard that is covered with chalk, used for drawings, as in pen and ink or crayon. Its prepared surface can also be scratched out with a cutting tool to achieve certain effects of lighting …
44scratch the surface (of something) — scratch the ˈsurface (of sth) idiom to deal with, understand, or find out about only a small part of a subject or problem • We left feeling that we had just scratched the surface of this fascinating country. Main entry: ↑scratchidiom …
45scratch — 1 verb 1 RUB YOU SKIN (I, T) to rub your skin with your nails, especially because it itches (itch1 (1)): Try not to scratch those mosquito bites. 2 MAKE A MARK (T) to rub something sharp or rough against a hard surface so that it makes a thin… …
46scratch — /skrætʃ / (say skrach) verb (t) 1. to break or mark slightly by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough. 2. to dig, scrape, or to tear (out, off, etc.) with the claws, the nails, etc. 3. to rub or scrape lightly with the… …
47scratch — I n. injury produced by scratching 1) (to come through a battle) without a scratch beginning 2) from scratch prescribed level 3) up to scratch II v. 1) (d; intr.) to scratch at (the cat was scratching at the door) 2) (misc.) (AE; colloq.) to… …
48scratch — v., n., & adj. v. 1 tr. score or mark the surface of with a sharp or pointed object. 2 tr. a make a long narrow superficial wound in (the skin). b cause (a person or part of the body) to be scratched (scratched himself on the table). 3 tr. (also… …
49To scratch a ticket — Scratch Scratch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scratched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scratching}.] [OE. cracchen (perhaps influenced by OE. scratten to scratch); cf. OHG. chrazz[=o]n, G. kratzen, OD. kratsen, kretsen, D. krassen, Sw. kratsa to scrape, kratta to… …
50scratch — 1. verb 1) the paint was scratched Syn: scrape, abrade, score, scuff 2) thorns scratched her skin Syn: graze, scrape, abrade, skin, rub raw, cut, lacerate, bark …
