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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  […]

[cash]

See: [COLD CASH].

[cash crop]  {n.}

A crop grown to be sold.

Cotton is a cash crop in the South.

[cash in]  {v.}

1. To exchange (as poker chips or bonds) for the value in money.

He paid the bill by cashing in some bonds.

When the card game ended, the players cashed in their chips and went home.

2. or [cash in one's chips]  {slang}

To die.  […]

[cash in on]  {v.},  {informal}

To see (a chance) and profit by it; take advantage of (an opportunity or happening).

[cash on the barrelhead]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

Money paid at once; money paid when something is bought.

Father paid cash on the barrelhead for a new car.

Some lawyers want cash on the barrelhead.

Compare: [COLD CASH].

[cash-and-carry] (1)  {adj.}

Selling things for cash money only and letting the customer carry them home, not having the store deliver them; also sold in this way.

This is a cash-and-carry store only.

[cash-and-carry] (2)  {adv.}

With no credit, no time payments, and no deliveries.

Some stores sell cash-and-carry only.

[cast] or [shed] or [throw light upon]  {v. phr.}

To explain; illuminate; clarify.

The letters that were found suddenly cast a new light on the circumstances of Tom's disappearance.

* /Einstein's General Theory of Relativity threw light upon the  […]

[cast about] also [cast around]  {v.},  {literary}

1. To look everywhere; search.

The committee was casting about for an experienced teacher to take the retiring principal's place.

2. To search your mind; try to remember something; try to think of  […]