away vs from pillar to post

away

adv
  • From a place, hence. 

  • From a state or condition of being; out of existence. 

  • On; in continuance; without intermission or delay. 

  • Without restraint. 

  • In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place. 

  • Aside, so as to discard something. 

  • Aside; off; in another direction. 

  • In or to something's usual or proper storage place. 

  • So as to remove or use up something. 

  • Come away; go away; take away. 

  • At a stated distance in time or space. 

verb
  • To depart; to go to another place. 

intj
  • come on!; go on! 

adj
  • At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively. 

  • Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target). 

  • Not on one's home territory. 

  • Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation. 

  • Out. 

from pillar to post

adv
  • From one place (or person, or task) to another; from post to pillar, hither and thither. 

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