Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

case up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English

Syllables: case up
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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 verb

verb

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

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

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

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

cases up (present, singular) casing up (participle, present) cased up (participle, past) cased up (past)

Synonyms

catch a case case

Questions

What does case up mean?: 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.

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