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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Teresa Fast, a Border Patrol agent, bumped her truck over dirt roads, past other agents posted up in the desert. Jack Healy, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025 There are still businesses in the area with her missing poster kind of posted up in the front of the building. Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025 For adults, there’s plenty of good beverages, as well, and in the warmer months, the patio is a great place to post up. Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2025 Playing for the Rose Basketball Club, Reese was posting up down low when her defender took a charge. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Feb. 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 12 Mar. 2025.

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