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
Montserrat	moon-sə-RAHT	Catalan
Faiga	-	Yiddish
Erlingr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Fitzroy	FITS-roi	English (Rare)
Torborg	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Polyxene	-	Greek Mythology