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
Wigberht	-	Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Germanic
Stas	STAHS	Russian
Thiago	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Joscelin	-	Old Norman
Thorvald	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Arnolfo	-	Italian