scratch from

scratch from (something)

1. To remove something from some surface by scraping with something hard, sharp, or abrasive. A noun or pronoun is used between "scratch" and "from." I used a coin to scratch the plastic from the instant lottery ticket to see if I had won anything. The shrubs scratched a bunch of paint from the side of my car when I was reversing out of my driveway.
2. To eliminate or strike through the name of someone or something on a list. A noun or pronoun is used between "scratch" and "from." Well, we can scratch that from our to-do list for our trip through Europe. I had to scratch him from the list of players for Saturday's game when I found out he was failing in three subjects. I had to scratch Jenny from the roster because she was late for the third time in a row.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

scratch someone or something from something

to mark the name of someone or something off a list. We were obliged to scratch Dave from the list. The judges scratched the large collie from the eligibility list.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • add in
  • all right
  • (mother) nature's (something)
  • (one) never would have guessed
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
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Dylan Carter, director of nonlinear workflow at Company 3, who is responsible for the overall design, build and management of the 3D stereoscopic workflow on the feature, commented: "We got a new build of Scratch from Assimilate, dropped the Epic 5K 3D stereo footage in, and it just worked."
It is important, therefore, to implement a higher resolution technique to distinguish the "signal" of a light scratch from that of unscratched surface without relying on human perception.
However, any measurement of the size of a scratch from the intensity profile has two serious drawbacks.