case
/keɪs/ verb C2- To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
He/she/it cases · Past cased · Past participle cased · -ing form casing
Verb forms
- Base form
- case
- He/she/it
- cases
- Past
- cased
- Past participle
- cased
- -ing form
- casing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Everything about this case is rum.
“Now I recollect,” said the afflicted old father; “my poor boy told me yesterday he had got a small case of coffee, and another of tobacco for me!”
In this case, however, although the occasion of the entertainment was similar, the company was strikingly dissimilar.
“Amusing, certainly,” replied the young man, “inasmuch as, instead of shedding tears as at the fictitious tale of woe produced at a theatre, you behold in a law-court a case of real and genuine distress—a drama of life.
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