Idiom
scratch the itch
Meaning
Alternative form of scratch an itch.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I bought a new guitar to scratch the itch to play music.”
“He finally booked a trip to the mountains to scratch the itch for adventure he had felt all year.”
“After years of working in finance, she enrolled in art school to scratch the itch for creative expression that had long remained dormant.”
Examples
simple
“I bought a new guitar to scratch the itch to play music.”
contextual
“He finally booked a trip to the mountains to scratch the itch for adventure he had felt all year.”
complex
“After years of working in finance, she enrolled in art school to scratch the itch for creative expression that had long remained dormant.”
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