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In case   /ɪn keɪs/   Listen
In case

adverb
1.
If there happens to be need.  Synonym: just in case.  "I have money, just in case"



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"In case" Quotes from Famous Books



... another solution of the problem. As the tree-planting farms continue to multiply, the increased rainfall will cause the area of tillable lands, to gradually extend beyond the borders of the arid lands. Therefore in case of necessity, we may turn to these arid lands for relief. In such an event, the question of forestry becomes ...
— Solaris Farm - A Story of the Twentieth Century • Milan C. Edson

... thorough earnest. Before noon he had stripped bark enough from the trees in his vicinity to cover a building as large as his own. The question with him was whether he should put up an addition to his cabin, or hide a new building somewhere behind the trees in his vicinity. In case of pursuit, his lodgers would need a cover, and this he knew he could not give them in his cabin; for all who were in the habit of visiting the woods were familiar with that structure, and would certainly ...
— Sevenoaks • J. G. Holland

... 'Ah, this dreadful siege! He, too, may be poor—he may know want and hunger;' and so all I could save from Madeleine I put into a box for thee, in case thou shouldst come back to me some day. Mon homme, how could I go to the Salle Favre? How could I read journals, Gustave? But thou art not married, ...
— The Parisians, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... just at this time would be a great pecuniary loss, and he had decided to remain; but had laid his plans carefully for either resistance or escape in case ...
— Elsie's Motherhood • Martha Finley

... up to us to see. If I can only get at Killen in time I'll choke the story in his throat. You wait here at the 'phone, Jeff, and I'll call you up if you're needed at this end of the line. Better have a taxi waiting below in case you need ...
— The Vision Spendid • William MacLeod Raine


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