scratch at (something)
scratch at (something)
To scratch something continuously or a great deal. You need to stop scratching at that scab, or you're going to leave a scar! The dog scratched at the door, whining to be let out into the back yard.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scratch at something
to scratch something. You shouldn't scratch at a chigger bite because it might get infected. Don't scratch at it!
See also: scratch
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- scratch at
- want out
- scar over
- want in
- scratch up
- scratch away at (something)
- enclose
- enclose (someone or something) (with)in (something)
- enclose in
- encase in