scratch out
Upper Intermediate (B2) neutral
To cross something out by scratching lines over it, or to slowly and carefully write or carve something.
"She scratched out her first attempt and started the letter again from scratch."
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Lex Fridman · 124:21
to building with Legos from scratch out of programmers.
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So you can you can scratch out road trips.