without a scratch
idiom
: without getting hurt : without any injuries
He escaped the fire without a scratch.
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Another reported the shed even survived a big hailstorm without a scratch.
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Miles Walls, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
There is a tremendous amount of spectacular fighting, often including flying; fist fights bring down entire buildings while leaving the combatants without a scratch.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 1 July 2024
Somehow America and the international community survived without a scratch.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
Built to last, this set boasts a robust design that stands up to heavy usage without a scratch.
—Samantha McIntyre, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
In the memoir, Swisher slashes her way through the tech world like John Wick with a word processor, vanquishing vain CEOs and clueless legacy media bosses and emerging without a scratch.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
Released eight years before Iron Man, Unbreakable tells the story of David Dunn (Bruce Willis), a security guard who survives a train derailment and crash that kills 131 people and emerges from the wreck without a scratch on his body.
—EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
Farian got away without a scratch and continued his behind-the-scenes career.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
There had been disappointment and narrow escapes during the Gemini program, but the NASA scientists, engineers, technicians and the industrial teams behind them had sent 10 pairs of pilots into space and brought them home without a scratch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
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Miles Walls, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
There is a tremendous amount of spectacular fighting, often including flying; fist fights bring down entire buildings while leaving the combatants without a scratch.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 1 July 2024
Somehow America and the international community survived without a scratch.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
Built to last, this set boasts a robust design that stands up to heavy usage without a scratch.
—Samantha McIntyre, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
In the memoir, Swisher slashes her way through the tech world like John Wick with a word processor, vanquishing vain CEOs and clueless legacy media bosses and emerging without a scratch.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
Released eight years before Iron Man, Unbreakable tells the story of David Dunn (Bruce Willis), a security guard who survives a train derailment and crash that kills 131 people and emerges from the wreck without a scratch on his body.
—EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
Farian got away without a scratch and continued his behind-the-scenes career.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
There had been disappointment and narrow escapes during the Gemini program, but the NASA scientists, engineers, technicians and the industrial teams behind them had sent 10 pairs of pilots into space and brought them home without a scratch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
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“Without a scratch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20a%20scratch. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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