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idiombe driven/pushed from pillar to post(also be sent, passed, shifted etc from pillar to post)to go from one place or difficult situation to another without achieving much:We didn't have enough inspectors, and those we had were driven from pillar to post all over the country.The boy's being pushed from pillar to post - he should be at home with his mother.I spent thirty years in the diplomatic service, being shifted around from pillar to post.
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