English Explanatory Dictionary

case up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.
  2. Synonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it)
  3. Synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery)

Word forms

case up cases up casing up cased up

Synonyms

catch a case case
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