case the joint

Meaning

1. to look carefully around a building so that you can plan how to steal things from it at a later time

In the movies · 2

• Better bring a check in case the joint is raided.Some Like It Hot1959
• Hey, you better let me case the joint first.Gilda1946

Learn it in full scenes

• Some Like It Hot1959
  • Cops Raid the Speakeasy
  • Joe and Jerry Decide to Be Girls
  • Spats Wipes Out Toothpick Charlie

From the same entry

• as the case may be
• be on case
• be on the case
• get off my case
• a case in point
• in any case
• in case
• in case of
• in that case
• dog eat dog
• rest your case