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idiomPeterbe robbing Peter to pay Paulto take money from one part of a system or organization that needs it and use it in another part of the system or organization, so that you deal with one difficulty but still have problems ◆ used especially about business or politics:Our account looks good, but we're robbing Peter to pay Paul and barely getting by.It seems to me that you're just shifting money from one part of the social services budget to another - robbing Peter to pay Paul, in fact.
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