case the joint

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. tv. to look a place over.
The dog came in and cased the joint, sniffing out friends and foes.
The old lady entered slowly, casing the joint for the face of someone of her era, and finally took a seat.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 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

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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 matter of… …   Словарь американских идиом

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