Meaning of case up | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“We have to case up those bottles.”

“The computer should be cased up when you're done using it.”

“The buildings around it case it up.”

“The hotel should be cased up for winter.”

“I can't believe you got cased up for what happened at the store.”

“He cased up the nicest houses in the neighborhood.”

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