# case up

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. Synonym of catch a case (to commit a crime and be arrested for it)
3. Synonym of case (to survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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