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cased up

cased up is the simple past and past participle of case up.

Meaning of case up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) Synonym 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. (slang, transitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    case

Questions about cased up

What is cased up the simple past and past participle of?
Cased up is the simple past and past participle of case up.

Words near cased up in the dictionary

  1. caseboxes
  2. cased
  3. cased out
  4. cased the deck
  5. cased the joint
  6. cased up
  7. casefic
  8. casefics
  9. casefied
  10. casefies
  11. casefile

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