scratch out
Example Sentences
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With almost all his expected income gone, he’s scrambled ever since to scratch out a living by working as a salmon tender — using his boat to supply other boats and offload their catch.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 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.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023
“For us to be able to scratch out two out of three against them is big for us,” Robertson said.
From Washington Times • May 18, 2023
He became the fifth horse to scratch out of the race.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023
Sinita claimed that someone else had written it for him because Trujillo hardly knew how to scratch out his own name.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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