post (something) to (one)
post (something) to (one)
To send something to one via the postal system; to mail something to one. I posted that package to you weeks ago—it must have gotten lost in the mail. I'm posting a letter to you this morning with details of our trip.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
post someone (somewhere)
to place someone, as if on guard, at something or some place. The police chief posted a guard at the hospital door. The boss posted himself at the water cooler to catch up on the gossip.
post something to someone
to mail something to someone. I posted it to him over a month ago. I can't imagine where it is now. The letter was posted last week.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- post
- post to
- posting
- (one) could use (something)
- (one) never would have guessed
- (one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
- (one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
- (one) won't hear of (something)
- (one's) heart is set on (something)
- (one) could stand (something)