post up

verb

To affix a notice, announcement etc, to a post, board, wall or the like.

“I'll post up by the window to look out for him.”

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Meanings

verbpost up (third-person singular simple present posts up, present participle posting up, simple past and past participle posted up)

present singular third person posts up · participle present posting up · participle past posted up · past posted up

  1. To affix a notice, announcement etc, to a post, board, wall or the like.

    If the bailiff does not find the witness at his home, he will post up a court warrant there instead.

  2. To enter any information, data etc (into a register, account, record etc).
  3. ball gamesTo establish a position in the frontcourt on one side or the other of the free-throw lane, especially used against smaller defenders.
  4. To occupy a position.

    I'll post up by the window to look out for him.

Cite this entry
APA

post up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20up

MLA

“post up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20up.

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