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
Katy	KAY-tee	English
Kazimir	kah-zee-MEER (Russian)	Russian, Medieval Slavic
Even	-	Norwegian
Rocky	RAH-kee	English
Victoria	vik-TAWR-ee-ə (English), vik-TO-ree-ah (German)	English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Jian	-	Chinese