Verb
make a case for (third-person singular simple present makes a case for, present participle making a case for, simple past and past participle made a case for)
To present an argument in favor of.
In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time. Ralph Fiennes
I'm trying to make a case for those people who don't have a sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging, and recasting and looking at our modern history. Billy Bragg
When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money. Anthony Minghella
Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don't allow our children to use that language in schools, we also shouldn't give them stories in which it is used. Chris Crutcher