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case up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To place (something) in cases (a box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture); to be covered in a case (a box, sheath, or covering generally); to enclose or seal as if by a case.
    • We have to case up those bottles.
    • The buildings around it case it up.
    • The hotel should be cased up for winter.
    • The computer should be cased up when you're done using it.
  2. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) Synonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it)
    • I can't believe you got cased up for what happened at the store.
  3. (slang, transitive) Synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery)
    • He cased up the nicest houses in the neighborhood.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cases up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cased up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cased up Tense=Past lexicographic
casing up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

case · catch a case