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case out

case out verb: synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery).

Verb

case out (third-person singular simple present cases out, present participle casing out, simple past and past participle cased out)

  1. (slang, transitive) Synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery)
    • They cased out the big house.
    Synonyms:
    case

Synonyms of case out

Forms of case out

third-person singular presentcases out
present participlecasing out
past participlecased out
pastcased out

Questions about case out

What does case out mean?
Case out means synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery).
What part of speech is case out?
Case out is a verb.
What is the past tense of case out?
The past tense of case out is cased out.

Words near case out in the dictionary

  1. case note
  2. case notes
  3. case of the Mondays
  4. case officer
  5. case officers
  6. case out
  7. case pack
  8. case packs
  9. case papers
  10. case picking
  11. case pickings

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