scratch off

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, etwas durch Kratzen oder Reiben von einer Oberfläche zu entfernen oder einen Punkt von einer Liste oder aus einem Plan zu streichen.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of removing something from a surface by scraping or rubbing, or removing an item from a list or plan.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Remove by scratchinginformal

   To remove a covering or layer by rubbing or scraping with a fingernail or tool.

   Abkratzen

   • He scratched off the lottery ticket to see if he won.
   • She scratched off the old paint from the wall.
   • The child scratched off the sticker from the book.

   Synonymeabraderubrub offscrape

   Antonymeaddapplycoatcoverlayer

2. Cancel or eliminateinformal

   To remove something from a list or plan; to cancel.

   Streichung oder Ausschluss

   • We had to scratch off the trip due to bad weather.
   • The manager scratched off the item from the agenda.
   • They scratched off the candidate after the interview.

   Synonymecancelcross outdeletedropeliminateeraseexpungeremovestrike off

   Antonymeaddincludekeepretain

Grundverbscratch