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case out

VERB

befriend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

take up with

STRONG

encourage friend welcome

WEAK

buddy up get chummy with get in with hit it off side with stand by take under one's wing

Antonyms

STRONG

block discourage dissuade harm hinder hurt injure obstruct stop thwart unfriend

WEAK

ignore neglect

Example Sentences

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Court documents show that Spence had been offered the chance to settle the case out of court, but he had not responded to Essex Police's offer to pay a fixed penalty fine.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

City of Brandon, a little-discussed case out of the controversial 5th Circuit that sounded, at first, like it would boil down to familiar ideological flashpoints.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026

He had to pull the 100-pound transfer case out of the truck’s underbody.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Still, the 4th Circuit threw the case out.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2025

I put her smiling picture on the dressing table, then reached under her bed and pulled my sax case out again.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis