"make the case for" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes the case for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making the case for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the case for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the case for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> the case for"
      },
      "expansion": "make the case for (third-person singular simple present makes the case for, present participle making the case for, simple past and past participle made the case for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "make a case for"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The ET44 will live on in its digital replica, the iPhone calculator, which the Apple design team devised partly as an inside joke but mostly as an affectionate tribute to Braun’s design heritage. But it is an exception. It is harder to make the case for other pocket calculators, whose appeal was rooted in efficiency and convenience.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of make a case for."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_the_case_for-en-verb-hGDbTuVY",
      "links": [
        [
          "make a case for",
          "make a case for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make the case for"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes the case for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making the case for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the case for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the case for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> the case for"
      },
      "expansion": "make the case for (third-person singular simple present makes the case for, present participle making the case for, simple past and past participle made the case for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "make a case for"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The ET44 will live on in its digital replica, the iPhone calculator, which the Apple design team devised partly as an inside joke but mostly as an affectionate tribute to Braun’s design heritage. But it is an exception. It is harder to make the case for other pocket calculators, whose appeal was rooted in efficiency and convenience.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of make a case for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make a case for",
          "make a case for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make the case for"
}