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IN CASE
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
If there happens to be need
Example:
I have money, just in case
Synonyms:
in case; just in case
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Context examples:
Then may I recommend that you return there and be on hand in case I should want you?
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE, and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,” so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer dreaded to behold the contents.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
If a planet is there, it's extremely distant and will stay that way (with no chance — in case you're wondering — of ever colliding with Earth, or bringing "days of darkness").
(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)
You have possibly had other guns in reserve in case there should be several tigers, or in the unlikely supposition of your own aim failing you.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The ten cents carried Martin across the ferry to San Francisco, and as he walked up Market Street he speculated upon his predicament in case he failed to collect the money.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“I feel very unhappy about it,” said the husband, “in case it should not be all right, and he ought to have said goodbye to me.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Injectable hydrogels are promising materials for achieving hemostasis in case of internal injuries and bleeding, as these biomaterials can be introduced into a wound site using minimally invasive approaches.
(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
So now you will understand, my dear Mr. McArdle, how this communication reaches you, and you will also know the truth, in case you never hear again from your unfortunate correspondent.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His mother explained to him her liberal designs, in case of his marrying Miss Morton; told him she would settle on him the Norfolk estate, which, clear of land-tax, brings in a good thousand a-year; offered even, when matters grew desperate, to make it twelve hundred; and in opposition to this, if he still persisted in this low connection, represented to him the certain penury that must attend the match.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She has cousins here, you know, and many acquaintance, which would make it cheerful for her, and I am sure she would be glad to get to a place where she could have medical attendance at hand, in case of his having another seizure.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
