scratch for (one)self

To be self-sufficient. Now that you're a college student living on campus, you can't rely on your parents to take care of you—you need to scratch for yourself. I come from a big family, so I've been scratching for myself since I was a little kid.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nejc	-	Slovene
Barclay	-	Scottish, English (Rare)
Stephany	STEF-ə-nee	English
BalduÍNo	-	Portuguese
Hye-Jin	hye-jeen	Korean
Shprintza	-	Yiddish