"case up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cases up [present, singular, third-person], casing up [participle, present], cased up [participle, past], cased up [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-case_up-en-verb-sbiE5b6t
  2. (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) Synonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it) Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: catch a case [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-case_up-en-verb-wlIEjFqQ Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 48 22 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 27 55 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 54 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 61 9
  3. (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]
    Sense id: en-case_up-en-verb-PFKtlWkn

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The computer should be cased up when you're done using it.",
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        {
          "text": "The buildings around it case it up.",
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        },
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          "text": "The hotel should be cased up for winter.",
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