scrape something out

After scraping out a rough strip, he was able to take off.

Australia managed to scrape out a lead of 79, before going on to a 179-run win.

The men started to scrape out dirt to give themselves a little cover, while returning the enemy's fire.

Scrape everything out on to a plate and put the remaining oil in the pan.

But that had been scraped out long before I came by it.

They found a good place and scraped out comfortable holes to sit in.

Then they scraped out the dried salt and sold it.

They only scrape out the old ashes on the top of the ground.

This he would scrape out with the edge of a tooth and spit on to the ground.

Scraping out all that gray hair would be a dull job.