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Phrase(s): buffet someone or something from someone or something to someone or something
Fig. to shift someone or something back and forth between people, things, or places, as if being tossed around by the waves of the sea. • The state agency buffeted the orphan child from one relative to another. • The office staff buffeted the memo from one desk to another.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs