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
Rosalina	ro-sah-LEE-nah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish
Thorpe	[θɔ:p]
Kavitha	-	Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Mario	['mæriəu]
Na'amah	-	Biblical Hebrew
BalÁZs	BAW-lahzh	Hungarian