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FROM PILLAR TO POST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does from pillar to post mean?
• FROM PILLAR TO POST (adverb)
The adverb FROM PILLAR TO POST has 1 sense:
1. from one place or situation to another
Familiarity information: FROM PILLAR TO POST used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FROM PILLAR TO POST (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From one place or situation to another
Synonyms:
from pillar to post; hither and thither
Context example:
we were driven from pillar to post
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