case up

verb — 3 senses

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.

  • We have to case up those bottles.
  • The computer should be cased up when you're done using it.
2 more examples
  • The buildings around it case it up.
  • The hotel should be cased up for winter.
2

Slang Synonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it)

African-American Vernacular

  • I can't believe you got cased up for what happened at the store.
3

Slang Synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery)

  • He cased up the nicest houses in the neighborhood.

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