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putting case

putting case is the present participle and gerund 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 putting case

What is putting case the present participle and gerund of?
Putting case is the present participle and gerund of put case.

Words near putting case in the dictionary

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

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