post

/pəʊst/ verb [T]

Definition

› UK (US mail) to send a letter or parcel by post: Did you post my letter?

› to leave a message on a website: I posted a query about arthritis treatment.

be posted to France/London/Singapore, etc › to be sent to France/London/Singapore, etc to work, usually for the government or army

post a notice/sign, etc › to put a notice/sign, etc somewhere: He posted the message on the noticeboard.

keep sb posted › to make certain that someone always knows what is happening: Keep me posted on anything that happens while I'm away.

(Definition of post verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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