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Phrase(s): send someone from pillar to post
Fig. to send someone to many different places, none of which is the correct place. (Compare this with send someone on a wild-goose chase.) • Jill sent Roger from pillar to post to look for a special kind of paper. • Roger was sent from pillar to post with his problem.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs