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
Hanna (2)	HAH-nah (German), HAN-nah (Danish), HAHN-nah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Hungarian
Hall&Thorn;ÓRr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Thabo	-	Southern African, Tswana
Izudin	-	Bosnian
Sham'a	-	Arabic
Marnix	MAHR-niks	Dutch