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posts up

posts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 posts up

What is posts up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Posts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of post up.

Words near posts up in the dictionary

  1. postrubeolar
  2. posts
  3. posts and lintels
  4. posts off
  5. posts the coal
  6. posts up
  7. postsaccadic
  8. postsaccadically
  9. postsacral
  10. postsale
  11. postsales

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