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posting up

posting up is the present participle and gerund of post up.

Meaning of post up

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.

Questions about posting up

What is posting up the present participle and gerund of?
Posting up is the present participle and gerund of post up.

Words near posting up in the dictionary

  1. posting house
  2. posting houses
  3. posting inn
  4. posting off
  5. posting the coal
  6. posting up
  7. postingestion
  8. postingestive
  9. postings
  10. postinhibitory
  11. postinitiation

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