post up

verb

posted up; posting up; posts up

intransitive verb

: to take up a position against a defender in the post in basketball while standing with one's back to the basket

transitive verb

: to post up against (a defender) in basketball

Examples of post up in a Sentence

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Federal agents fanned out across four New England states and posted up at airports in Boston and Hartford. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025 Public beach access at Coconut Point Park, Ocean Park, and Spessard Holland North or South Beach Park are good places to post up for the day. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025 Customers will be able to catch them at festivals, breweries and home improvement stores by following them on social media, where locations are posted up to a month in advance. Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Dec. 2025 Volunteers armed with plastic whistles patrolled busy bus routes and posted up outside of schools, ready to sound the alarm if ICE or CBP agents approached. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for post up

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of post up was in 1974

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“Post up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20up. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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