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
Jodene	JO-deen	English (Rare)
Leobwin	-	Ancient Germanic
AnaÏS	a-na-EES (French)	Occitan, Catalan, French
Asha (1)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Chantrea	-	Khmer
Nettie	['neti]