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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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.
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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
Randle was posting up, but Finch pointed for the ball to go back to Edwards.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
The Rozz-Lee union was still in its early stages when the guitarist posted up at a typical suburban Orlando backyard party in late 1983.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
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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
Randle was posting up, but Finch pointed for the ball to go back to Edwards.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
The Rozz-Lee union was still in its early stages when the guitarist posted up at a typical suburban Orlando backyard party in late 1983.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for post up
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“Post up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20up. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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