- case a joint
- Surreptitiously inspect a place in preparation for robbing it.
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
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case the joint — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize. * /The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood bank./ 2. To familiarize oneself with a potential workplace or vacation spot as a… … Dictionary of American idioms
case the joint — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize. * /The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood bank./ 2. To familiarize oneself with a potential workplace or vacation spot as a… … Dictionary of American idioms
case the joint — idiom (informal) to look carefully around a building so that you can plan how to steal things from it at a later time Main entry: ↑caseidiom … Useful english dictionary
case the joint — 1. tv. to look over someplace to figure out how to break in, what to steal, etc. (Underworld. See also joint.) □ First of all you gotta case the joint to see where things are. □ You could see he was casing the joint the way he looked around. 2.… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
case\ the\ joint — v. phr. slang 1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize. The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood bank. 2. To familiarize oneself with a potential workplace or vacation spot as a matter of… … Словарь американских идиом
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joint — n. 1) (med.) to dislocate a joint 2) (anatomical) an elbow; hip; knee; shoulder joint 3) (technical) a ball and socket; mortise; riveted; toggle; universal; welded joint 4) (misc.) (slang) to case a joint ( to inspect a place before robbing if )… … Combinatory dictionary
