post up
verb
posted up; posting up; posts up
: to take up a position against a defender in the post in basketball while standing with one's back to the basket
: to post up against (a defender) in basketball
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Tucker Langford will be posted up for a reverse Trick-or-Treat event at his home Friday and Saturday, where people are asked to dress up in costumes and bring some of his favorite treats.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
The inseparable pair enjoy a diner breakfast, read together in the park, and at the end, post up on the shores of Lake Michigan to enjoy the Chicago skyline, and then take a dip together.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The labels were posted up in the ex’s favorite bar, his local subway station, and the bathrooms of his office on Madison Avenue.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
At the end of 2023, after several years posting up at Lola’s Trailer Park & Saloon in downtown Fort Worth, Dayne and Ashley Weaver moved Dayne’s Craft BBQ some twenty miles west into its new home in the small town of Aledo.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
The inseparable pair enjoy a diner breakfast, read together in the park, and at the end, post up on the shores of Lake Michigan to enjoy the Chicago skyline, and then take a dip together.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The labels were posted up in the ex’s favorite bar, his local subway station, and the bathrooms of his office on Madison Avenue.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
At the end of 2023, after several years posting up at Lola’s Trailer Park & Saloon in downtown Fort Worth, Dayne and Ashley Weaver moved Dayne’s Craft BBQ some twenty miles west into its new home in the small town of Aledo.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Post up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20up. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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