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puts case

puts case is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put case.

Meaning of put case

Verb

put case (third-person singular simple present puts case, present participle putting case, simple past and past participle put case)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take as a hypothesis; to suppose (that).
    • But put case they continue; thou art not so poor as thou wast born […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Questions about puts case

What is puts case the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts case is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put case.

Words near puts case in the dictionary

  1. puts back
  2. puts before
  3. puts bread on the table
  4. puts butter on one's bread
  5. puts by
  6. puts case
  7. puts daylight between oneself and someone
  8. puts down
  9. puts down as
  10. puts down for
  11. puts down roots

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