posted up
Claimed a spot
Posted up means stationed in a fixed position, typically standing or sitting somewhere with purpose.
It comes from basketball, where a player posts up by establishing position near the basket with their back to it.
The phrase has spread to general use: We were posted up outside the club, He's been posted up at the bar all night.
It suggests deliberate, sustained presence rather than just happening to be somewhere.
- stationedAssigned to a location
- positionedSet in location
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- pivotPoint of rotation
- anchoredFixed securely in position
on the block · back to basket · located · dominant · grounded · situated · rebound · established · rooted · standing ground · set · dribble · box out · paint · layup · standing · perched · camped
posted upwandering
Traveling with no fixed course
roaming · on the move · drifting · circulating · moving around
posted upoff guard
Not prepared for something
unprepared · relaxed · unaware · vulnerable · exposed
posted uphiding
Staying out of sight
laying low · keeping a low profile · out of sight · ghosting · absent