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

Recent Examples on the Web Another shooter or two should post up to cover the most likely escape paths. —

Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024 He was posted up on the proverbial lower block, if Nikola Jokic was the basket. —

Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024 Your sign ruler Jupiter is posted up opposite your own position in your sibling sign, Gemini, which may leave you feeling distant from your signature good luck during the emotional epiphany of the solar eclipse. —

Jennifer Culp, Them, 27 Sep. 2024 Boston is the model: Their starting lineup has no one shorter than 6-foot-4, and even backcourt mates Derrick White and Jrue Holiday are capable of posting up or otherwise attacking mismatches. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for post up

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