Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Posted

Well posted up in the subject. Thoroughly informed. The metaphor is from posting up accounts, where one can see everything at a glance.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Posteriori
Poste Restante
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