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post 1. noun an autopsy. From the more formal 'post mortem' US, 1942.► left at the post(of a horse in a race) to lose badly AUSTRALIA, 1895 2. verb to leave someone in the lurch, especially during the commission of a crime AUSTRALIA, 1975.► post a flyerto use coded language in a conversation to advertise your homosexuality and sexual availability UK, 1987.► post a letterto go to the toilet TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003
idiompostdeaf as a post BrEBrEunable to hear anything at all:Grandpa used to drive us crazy - he was as deaf as a post but refused to wear a hearing aid.I tried to get the attention of the woman behind the glass, but she was deaf as a post and never even looked up from her book.be pipped at the post BrEBrEto be beaten by a very small amount in a race, competition etc:They told me I was pipped at the post by a more experienced candidate, but that only makes it more frustrating.Olazabal had a two-hole lead over Frost, but the defending champion pipped him at the post on the last two holes. phrasepost[posted, posted, posting]
post off
post off sth • post sth off BrE to send something such as a letter or package to someone: I finally wrote the letter and posted it off. The offer is only open while stocks last, so post off the order form today.■ SIMILAR TO: mail AmE
post up
post sth up • post up sth to put a sign or announcement on a wall so that many people can read it: Exam results will be posted up on my office door by 5:00 Friday. Please ask permission before posting up any notices.
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. See:- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dumb as a post
- be as deaf as a post
- be driven, pushed, etc. from pillar to post
- be first past the post
- be left at the post
- be pipped at the post
- be pipped to the post
- be pushed from pillar to post
- beaten at the post
- by return (of post)
- by return mail
- by return mail and by return post
- by return post
- deaf as a post
- dumb as a post
- far post
- first past the post
- from pillar to post
- in the post
- keep (one) posted
- keep (someone) posted, to
- keep posted
- keep somebody posted
- keep someone posted
- move the goalposts
- near post
- pillar to post
- pillar-to-post
- pip (someone) at the post
- pip (someone) to the post
- pip somebody at/to the post
- pip someone at the post
- post
- post (something) to (one)
- post haste
- post on
- post on (something)
- post to
- post up
- posthaste
- post-haste
- post-Weinstein
- send (one) from pillar to post
- send from pillar to post
- send someone from pillar to post
- strike a pose
- strike an attitude
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