scratch off

phrasal verb

scratched off; scratching off; scratches off

1

: to remove (something) from an object or surface by rubbing with a sharp edge or tool

2

: to draw a line through (something that is written down)

He scratched his name off the list.

Examples of scratch off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Clark scratched off the ticket on the spot, revealing a top prize of $50,000, according to a Feb. 21 news release from the Iowa Lottery. —Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025

Nonetheless the peeved purchaser took the ticket out to her car, scratched off the numbers and discovered she’d been blitzed with the game’s top prize. —Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025

Reyna Serna-Garcia, 25, scratched off her Triple Red 777s ticket in the parking lot of her office, according to the Iowa Lottery. —Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2025

The world is shiny gold until countries and states are scratched off with a coin. —Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for scratch off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff