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pil·lar (p

l

r)

n.

1.

a. A slender, freestanding, vertical support; a column.

b. Such a structure or one similar to it used for decoration.

2. One who occupies a central or responsible position: a pillar of the state.

tr.v. pil·lared, pil·lar·ing, pil·lars

To support or decorate with pillars or a pillar.

Idiom:

from pillar to post

From one place to another; hither and thither.

[Middle English, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin plre, from Latin pla.]

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from pillar to post - from one place or situation to another; "we were driven from pillar to post"

hither and thither

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We just get fired around from pillar to post and get licked here and get licked there, and nobody knows what it's done for.

The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context

And here have I been knocking about, year after year, from pillar to post, as if I was no more than the commonest feller in the parish.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

At any rate, during the period of Lop-Ear's marriage I knocked about from pillar to post, in danger every night that I slept, and never comfortable.

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