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case
1. noun /keɪs/
a) An actual event, situation, or fact.

For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.

b) A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.

2. adjective /keɪs/
The last remaining card of a particular rank

He drew the case eight!

3. verb /keɪs/
a) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.

You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.

b) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

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