Etymology

outscrape

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Today it means: To escape Full definition →

Middle English outscrapen
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromoutscrapen“to remove, erase”
  2. English todayoutscrape

From out- + scrape, or possibly continuing Middle English outscrapen (“to remove, erase”).

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