case up

present singular third person cases up · participle present casing up · participle past cased up · past cased up

1. transitiveTo 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.

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   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.

2. slangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularSynonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it)

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

   Synonyms: catch a case

3. slangtransitiveSynonym 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.

   Synonyms: case