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post up

post up verb: to affix a notice, announcement etc, to a post, board, wall or the like.

Verb

post up (third-person singular simple present posts up, present participle posting up, simple past and past participle 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. To 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.

Forms of post up

third-person singular presentposts up
present participleposting up
past participleposted up
pastposted up

Questions about post up

What does post up mean?
Post up means to affix a notice, announcement etc, to a post, board, wall or the like.
What part of speech is post up?
Post up is a verb.
What is the past tense of post up?
The past tense of post up is posted up.

Words near post up in the dictionary

  1. post times
  2. post town
  3. post towns
  4. post traumatic stress disorder
  5. post traumatic stress disorders
  6. post up
  7. post-
  8. post-accelerate
  9. post-accelerated
  10. post-accelerates
  11. post-accelerating

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