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Just In Case

Definition: Just In Case

Just In Case

Adverb

1. If there happens to be need; "in case of trouble call 911"; "I have money, just in case".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Just In Case

Synonym: in case (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Just In Case

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Eventuality

Adverb: eventually; in the event of, in case, just in case; in the course of things; as things, times go; as the world goes, wags; as the tree falls, cat jumps; as it may turn out, happen.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Just In Case

Specialty definitions using "just in case": NSA line eater. (references)

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Modern Usage: Just In Case

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Screenplays

I also brought some extra loud blanks just in case. (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Just in case you're interested, it's called the supersternal notch. (The English Patient; writing credit: Anthony Minghella)

Uh just in case you don't come back can I have your quarters? (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

I'll bring my wallet just in case. (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland)

I don't know, you know, just in case you thought I was a drunk or a lunatic, or a drunk lunatic. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Lyrics

But just in case (Just the Two of Us; performing artist: Will Smith)

Just in case we ever face to face and make contact ("Men in Black"; performing artist: Will Smith)

Clever

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. (references; author: unknown)

Song Titles

Just In Case (performing artist: Jaheim)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Just In Case

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Books

  • Just In Case (reference)

  • Just in case : a manual of home preparedness (reference)

  • Just in Case I Can't Be There: A Dad's Counsel to a Son or Daughter Leaving Home (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Just in Case, Practical Personal Preparedness In The Home (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Just In Case

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Shouldn't You Know About These Drugs? : Just In Case Your Child Does. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Just in case. Credit: Library of Congress.

"I bought two air conditioners, a fan and these, just in case!". Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Just In Case

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

When exercising, take along sugar in the form of hard, sugar-sweetened candies just in case your blood sugar becomes too low. When on insulin, you should always carry some form of sugar for potential episodes of hypoglycemia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Just In Case

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

just in case

90
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Just In Case

Language Translations for "just in case"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

萬一 (contingency, if by any chance). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaiken varalta. (various references)

   

German

  

für alle fälle. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ustjay inay asecay

   

Russian 

  

на всякий случай (be on the safe side, on the off chance). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

za svaki slučaj, samo u slučaju. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ในกร"ีของ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

her ihtimale karşı. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

на всякий випадок. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Just In Case

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-j-n-s-s-t-u"

-2 letters: cineasts, issuance, justices, nutcases, sauciest, scanties, sinuates, suitcase.

-3 letters: acetins, ascents, ascites, aunties, caestus, caseins, casuist, cineast, cuestas, cutises, ectasis, entasis, ictuses, incases, incests, incuses, injects, insects, issuant, jaunces, jessant, jesuits, justice, nasties, nutcase, secants, sestina, sinuate, stances, sustain, tansies, tisanes, tunicae, uncases, unseats, usances.

-4 letters: acetin, acinus, actins, acutes, anises, antics, anuses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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