from pillar to post

from pillar to post
adverb
from one place or situation to another (Freq. 1)
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we were driven from pillar to post

• Syn: ↑hither and thither

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phrasal
: from one place or one situation to another : hither and thither

the library … forced to move from pillar to post needed a home — Saturday Review

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from pillar to post
1. From one state of difficulty to another
2. Hither and thither
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Main Entry: ↑pillar
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from pillar to post see under ↑pillar
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Main Entry: ↑post

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from pillar to post informal phrase
to a lot of different places or people in a way that is not organized or helpful

The children were passed around from pillar to post during the divorce.

Thesaurus: in an uncontrolled waysynonym
Main entry: pillar

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from one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner

the refugees have been pushed from pillar to post in that area

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from pillar to post
chiefly Brit : from one place or one situation to another

His book has been passed from pillar to post, but no one wants to publish it.

He has been running from pillar to post his whole life.

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Main Entry: ↑pillar
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from pillar to post — see ↑pillar
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Main Entry: ↑post

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