Case and Listen

Case

Case verb - Enclose in, or as if in, a case.

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Listen and case are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Listen" instead a verb "Case".

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

Listen verb - To pay attention especially through the act of hearing.

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Case and listen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a verb "Listen".

Nearby Words: listening, listened, listener

people	case people	listen people
time	case time	listen time
way	case way	listen way
hair	case hair	listen hair
Other words: machine, here, times, heroes.

And it comes in a leatherette case with holes in it so you can listen right through the case.

Source: Anti-Christmas Song
Sometimes, too, she has important knowledge the sane may lack, in which case she'll often have terrible trouble getting anyone to listen (a classical example of Mad Oracle).

Source: The Ophelia
The mailman could even lose their cargo, and (in case someone was faxed against his will) some could be reasoned with to bring you to other destinations, or others wouldn't listen.

Source: Human Mail

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Listen or Case. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/listen.

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