"make a case" meaning in English

See make a case in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: makes a case [present, singular, third-person], making a case [participle, present], made a case [participle, past], made a case [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a case}} make a case (third-person singular simple present makes a case, present participle making a case, simple past and past participle made a case)
  1. (law, idiomatic) To argue for a set of facts or arguments in support of one side in a legal case. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-make_a_case-en-verb-s6PwRDSv Topics: law
  2. Synonym of make a case for Synonyms: make a case for [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-make_a_case-en-verb-ezZKSvXY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Inflected forms

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