Usually means: Position oneself near the basket.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. post up: Merriam-Webster
  2. post up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. post-up: Wordnik
  4. post-up, post up: Wiktionary
  5. post-up, post up: Dictionary.com
  6. Post up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. post up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Post-Up, post up: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (post up)

verb:  To affix a notice, announcement etc, to a post, board, wall or the like.
verb:  To enter any information, data etc (into a register, account, record etc).
verb:  (basketball) To establish a position in the frontcourt on one side or the other of the free-throw lane, especially used against smaller defenders.
verb:  To occupy a position.

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