case the joint
“
We do so prefer a home have at least a small entrance hall so that the delivery drivers can not case the joint while dropping off pizza, Chinese food or the case of gin we get delivered each Thursday at 4pm.
View all » Examples
- My impression was that they could be a gang of crooks and that Minnie was their stool-pigeon and had been sent here to case the joint and see who was worth robbing Dear me! — Nest Of Vipers-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 55
-
We do so prefer a home have at least a small entrance hall so that the delivery drivers can not case the joint while dropping off pizza, Chinese food or the case of gin we get delivered each Thursday at 4pm.
— The Real Estalker -
We're going to meet up after Thanksgiving, perhaps at Elaine's, if we can first hire a detective to case the joint and make sure there isn't anyone guzzling away whom I've reviewed over the last twenty years and who might be harboring a snippy grudge.
— the latest from teenvogue.com -
A fashion, however, patronized by some, is to carve it obliquely, in the direction of the line from 4 to 3; in which case the joint would be turned round the other way, having the tail end on the right of the carver SHOULDER OF MUTTON Illustration: SHOULDER OF MUTTON 763.
— The Book of Household Management - Is that it Thought I’d case the joint Dear God,” Alleyn said quietly. — Last Ditch - Ngaio Marsh - Roderick Alleyn 29
Definitions (0)
American Heritage Dictionary
Century Dictionary
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet
Elsewhere on the web
Stats
Case the joint has been looked up 7 times, favorited 0 times, listed once, commented on 0 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.