scratch off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de retirer quelque chose d'une surface en grattant ou en frottant, ou de retirer un élément d'une liste ou d'un plan.

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.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Remove by scratchinginformal

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

   gratter pour enlever

   • 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.

   Synonymesabraderubrub offscrape

   Antonymesaddapplycoatcoverlayer

2. Cancel or eliminateinformal

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

   rayer (d'une liste)

   • 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.

   Synonymescancelcross outdeletedropeliminateeraseexpungeremovestrike off

   Antonymesaddincludekeepretain

Verbe de basescratch