case up (English, verb)
expansion: case up (third-person singular simple present cases up, present participle casing up, simple past and past participle cased up)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: transitive
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Synonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it)
tags: slang
transitive
glosses: Synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery)
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: cases up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: casing up
tags: participle
present
form: cased up
tags: participle
past
form: cased up
tags: past