Scratch A Living Sentence

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by greganabcalmice 2021. 5. 13. 00:36

A scratch force landed on the island on July 17, 1812, and mounted a gun overlooking Fort Mackinac. Show More Sentences Each day, the musicians started from scratch, often working on songs for 16 hours straight. countable a cut on the surface of your skin Don’t worry. It’s just a scratch. Skin problems, swellings and injuries:abrasion, abscess, athlete’s foot. countable a thin mark on a surface There were some nasty scratches on the paintwork. Signs of damage:a blot on something, blemish, blight. ‘The two of them wrote the show from scratch, ensured they got all the best lines and threw in deft ad-libs as required.’ ‘The idea is to start from scratch and make the best use of the site.’ ‘Mr Khan built up his company from scratch and now employs more than 20 people.’. Scratch definition: Scratch is defined as to lightly scrape or dig at with nails or claws or slightly cut or mark a surface with something sharp. (verb) An example of to scratch is someone relieving an itch with their nails.

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scratch out

1. To hastily draw one or more lines through something, either to conceal it or indicate that it should be skipped, ignored, or canceled. Third step in the instructions was scratched out, so I figured I was supposed to skip it—what else was I supposed to think?My mother used to go through the books and magazines in our house and scratch the dirty words out with a ballpoint pen.

2. To eliminate or strike through someone's or something's name from a list. A noun or pronoun can be used between 'scratch' and 'off'; usually followed by 'from' and the kind of list being mentioned. Well, that's another thing we can scratch out from our to-do list for our trip through Europe.I had to scratch him out from the list of players for Saturday's game when I found out he was failing in three subjects.I had to scratch Jenny out from the roster because she was late for the third time in a row.

3. To write or draw something hastily by hand. He quickly scratched out a phone number on a slip of paper and pushed it across the desk to me.I scratched out a crude sketch of the attacker while his face was fresh in my mind.

scratch someone or something out

to mark out the name of someone or something. I scratched John out and wrote in George instead. I scratched out John and forgot about him.

scratch out

v.

1. To draw a line or lines on something to delete or obscure it, or to indicate that it should be canceled or ignored: Scratch out anything on the shopping list that you think is too expensive. I didn't like the words you had written, so I scratched them out.

2. To remove someone or something from a list or record: Scratch out the neighbors from the list—they're not coming to the wedding. I'm not playing tonight, so you can scratch my name out.