scrawl out
B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To write something, but in such a messy way that it is hard to read.
Literal meaning: To scrawl (write messily) something out (producing it completely).
Meanings
1 B2 informal
To write something in illegible, messy handwriting.
"The doctor scrawled out a prescription that the pharmacist could barely decipher."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Slightly more emphatic than simply 'scrawl' — the 'out' particle implies completing the act of writing something in full, however poorly. Common in narrative writing to describe a character's handwriting.
Commonly used with
name signature message note address instructions
Forms
Base
scrawl out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
scrawls out
he/she/it
Past simple
scrawled out
yesterday
Past participle
scrawled out
have + pp
-ing form
scrawling out
continuous
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