post up

To put a written notice or announcement on a wall or board where people can read it.

• They posted up a notice.
• Please post the new timetable up by the door.
• The school has posted up the exam results.

How to use it: post up something on something (They posted up the notice on the main gate.); post something up (We posted the results up outside the office.)

Similar words: put up, display

Common phrases: post up a notice, post up the rules

To take a position near the basket, usually with your back to a defender, ready to receive the ball.

• The center posted up near the basket.
• She posts up against smaller defenders.
• Pass him the ball when he posts up.

How to use it: post up against someone (The center posted up against a smaller defender.); post someone up (The forward posted the defender up near the basket.)

Common phrases: post up a defender, post up near someone

To stay in a particular place, often to wait or watch.

• We posted up outside the shop.
• I will post up by the window and watch.
• Where did you post up while you waited?

How to use it: post up at/by/in somewhere (We posted up by the entrance to watch for our friends.)

Similar words: station oneself, position oneself

Common phrases: post up outside, post up by something

To add information, especially money received or paid, to an official written record.

• The clerk posted up the accounts.
• Please post up each payment in the register.
• Has anyone posted these figures up yet?

How to use it: post up something in something (The clerk posted up the payments in the ledger.)

Similar words: record, enter

Common phrases: post up the accounts, post up each payment