"case out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cases out [present, singular, third-person], casing out [participle, present], cased out [participle, past], cased out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} case out (third-person singular simple present cases out, present participle casing out, simple past and past participle cased out)
  1. (transitive, slang) Synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery) Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: case [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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