Synonyms for case out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : keys
Phonetic Transcription : keɪs

Top 10 synonyms for case out Other synonyms for the word case out

Définition of case out

Origin :
  • "enclose in a case," 1570s, from case (n.2). Related: Cased; casing. Meaning "examine, inspect" (usually prior to robbing) is from 1915, American English slang, perhaps from the notion of giving a place a look on all sides (cf. technical case (v.) "cover the outside of a building with a different material," 1707).
  • As in befriend : verb make social acquaintance; support
Example sentences :
  • In one case out of ten thousand it may be a successful experiment.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • It would be a disgrace to him to take a case out of Solomon Aram's hands.
  • Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
  • Meantime Sally had thought her case out and made up her mind.
  • Extract from : « The American Claimant » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • "That document throws the case out of court," she said, flatly.
  • Extract from : « Sisters » by Kathleen Norris
  • The Society must do everything in its power to keep this case out of court.
  • Extract from : « Moral » by Ludwig Thoma
  • He must have snatched the case out of your pocket, sir, and dropped it from the window.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow. First Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • "You seem to be taking this case out of my hands, Knox," he said.
  • Extract from : « Bat Wing » by Sax Rohmer
  • It might be to your advantage if you could settle this case out of court.
  • Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
  • George refuses to go on with the case out of some scruple because——'
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Gate, a new edition » by Walter Besant
  • It is said that it never rains but it pours, and as that was the case out of doors, so it was in.
  • Extract from : « By Birth a Lady » by George Manville Fenn

Antonyms for case out

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