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case up

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. (transitive) · We have to case up those bottles.· The computer should be cased up when you're done using it.
  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) · He cased up the nicest houses in the neighborhood.
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