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case

the [current] instance; an actual situation. I think Bill is a vegetarian, and if that is the case, we should not serve him meat. Susie believes trees can talk, but that is not the case.

See:

• a basket case
• a case in point
• basket case
• be no question that (something will happen/is the case)
• be on the case
• best-case scenario
• build a case
• case
• case closed
• case in point
• case of
• case of mistaken identity
• case of the blind leading the blind
• case of the dropsy
• case of the jitters
• case of the shorts
• case out
• case someone/something out
• case the joint
• Circumstances alter cases
• Don’t make a federal case out of it!
• federal case
• gather a case
• get down to brass tacks
• get down to cases
• get off (one's) case
• get off case
• Get off case!
• get off someone’s back
• get off someone’s case
• get on case
• get on someone’s case
• hard case
• hard cases make bad laws
• have a bad case of the simples
• have a case
• have a case on
• headcase
• I rest my case
• in any case
• in case
• in case of
• in no case
• in the case of
• just in case
• keep off back
• make a case for
• make a federal case of
• make a federal case out of
• make a federal case out of something
• nut case
• off case
• off someone's back
• on case
• on someone's back
• on the case
• open-and-shut case
• piece of cake
• staircase wit
• the nightmare-case scenario
• the shorts
• worst-case scenario