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scratch for (one)self

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.
See also: scratch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JerriJER-eeEnglish
Gennadios-Ancient Greek
Benaiahbi-NIE-ə (English), bi-NAY-ə (English)Biblical
LucÍLia-Portuguese
CzesŁAwaches-WAH-vahPolish
Nadya (1)-Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
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