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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The last to do his photos for the day, Withers posts up next to the large pool that’s been taunting everyone all day and sits on the edge of the diving board.
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Guests can post up in the two-bedroom, one-bath guest house, which sits alongside the creek.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
Queen can post up smaller guards who switch onto him, putting his footwork on display and making necessary passes out of the post.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 25 June 2025
Longstreth posted up near the laundry room with a laptop and a MIDI keyboard, and was given a folder with songs in progress, one of which was a fragment of a collaboration between West and Paul McCartney.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Guests can post up in the two-bedroom, one-bath guest house, which sits alongside the creek.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
Queen can post up smaller guards who switch onto him, putting his footwork on display and making necessary passes out of the post.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 25 June 2025
Longstreth posted up near the laundry room with a laptop and a MIDI keyboard, and was given a folder with songs in progress, one of which was a fragment of a collaboration between West and Paul McCartney.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Post up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20up. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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