ALL meanings of from pillar to post
from pil·lar to post
F f - noun from pillar to post an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus. 1
- noun from pillar to post a natural formation resembling such a construction: a pillar of rock; a pillar of smoke. 1
- noun from pillar to post any upright, supporting part; post: the pillar of a table. 1
- noun from pillar to post a person who is a chief supporter of a society, state, institution, etc.: a pillar of the community. 1
- noun from pillar to post Horology. any of several short parts for spacing and keeping in the proper relative positions two plates holding the bearings of a watch or clock movement. 1
- noun from pillar to post Mining. an isolated mass of rock or ore in a mine, usually serving as a roof support in early operations and later removed, wholly or in part. 1
- noun from pillar to post Nautical. mast1 (def 2). 1
- verb with object from pillar to post to provide or support with pillars. 1
- idioms from pillar to post from pillar to post, aimlessly from place to place. uneasily from one bad situation or predicament to another. 1
- noun from pillar to post from one place to another 0
- noun from pillar to post from one predicament, place of appeal, etc. to another, usually under harassment 0
- adverb from pillar to post (Idiomatic) From one place (or person, or task) to another; hither and thither. 0