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from pillar to post

Definitions

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  • adverb idiomatic From one place (or person, or task) to another; hither and thither

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  • adverb from one place or situation to another

Etymologies

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Possibly originally "from post to pillar", a reference to the rapid movement of the ball in real tennis

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