BE DRIVEN FROM PILLAR TO POST

Meaning of BE DRIVEN FROM PILLAR TO POST in English

be chased from place to place; be victim to one misfortune after another

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRIVEN — adjective Date: 1925 having a compulsive or urgent quality , propelled or motivated by something, ~ness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POST — I. ˈpōst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, & Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PILLAR — I. ˈpilə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English piler, piller, from Old French piler, from Medieval Latin pilare, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRIVEN — I. adjective Etymology: from past participle of drive (I) : evidencing marked strenuousness of effort or a compelling sense of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FROM — _f(r)əm, _f ə m, |främ, |frəm, _främ preposition Etymology: Middle English fram, from, from Old English; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRIVEN — (p. p.) of Drive. Also adj.
Английский словарь Webster
DRIVEN — (p. p.) of Drive
Английский словарь Webster
DRIVEN — ( p. p. ) of Drive. Also adj.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DRIVEN — ( p. p. ) of Drive
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POST — post 1 — postless , adv. — postlike , adj. /pohst/ , n. 1. a strong piece of timber, metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PILLAR — — pillared , adj. — pillarlike , adj. /pil"euhr/ , n. 1. an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRIVEN — — drivenness , n. /driv"euhn/ , v. 1. pp. of drive . adj. 2. being under compulsion, as to succeed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRIVEN — adj. urged forward; compelled by an inner urge; carried or blown by the wind (i.e. snow or feathers); guided in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PILLAR — I. ˈpi-lər noun Etymology: Middle English piler, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin pilare, from Latin pila Date: 13th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRIVEN — Date: 1925 1. : having a compulsive or urgent quality a driven sense of obligation 2. : propelled or motivated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POST — adj hired to do what is wrong; suborned. 2. post ·adv with post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel …
Webster English vocab
PILLAR — noun the center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns. 2. pillar ·adj having a …
Webster English vocab
DRIVEN — p.p. of drive. also ·adj 2. driven ·p.p. of drive.
Webster English vocab
DRIVEN — past participle of drive .
Concise Oxford English vocab
POST- — [post-] prefix [ME, fr. L, fr. post; akin to Lith pas at, Gk apo away from--more at of] 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRIVEN — [driv.en] adj (1925): having a compulsive or urgent quality "a ~ sense of obligation" -- driv.en.ness n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PILLAR — pillar BrE AmE ˈpɪl ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ pillar|ed d ▷ pillar|s z ▶ ˈ pillar box …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DRIVEN — driven BrE AmE ˈdrɪv ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POST — / pəʊst; NAmE poʊst/ noun , verb ■ noun LETTERS 1. ( BrE ) (also mail NAmE , BrE ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PILLAR — / ˈpɪlə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a large round stone, metal or wooden post that is used to support a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROM — / frəm; strong form frɒm; NAmE frʌm; frɑːm/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of from in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRIVEN — / ˈdrɪvn; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a person ) determined to succeed, and working very hard to do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POST — I. post 1 S2 W2 /pəʊst $ poʊst/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ post , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PILLAR — pil ‧ lar /ˈpɪlə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: piler …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FROM — from S1 W1 /frəm; strong frɒm $ frəm strong frʌm, frɑːm/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRIVEN — I. driv ‧ en 1 /ˈdrɪv ə n/ BrE AmE the past participle of ↑ drive II. driven 2 BrE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POST — n., v., & adv. --n. 1 Brit. the official conveyance of parcels, letters, etc. (send it by post). 2 Brit. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PILLAR — n. 1 a a usu. slender vertical structure of wood, metal, or esp. stone used as a support for a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1 a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DRIVEN — past part. of DRIVE.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POST — n., v., & adv. n. 1 Brit. the official conveyance of parcels, letters, etc. (send it by post). 2 Brit. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PILLAR — n. 1 a a usu. slender vertical structure of wood, metal, or esp. stone used as a support for a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1 a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POST — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a long stout piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground etc.: …
Oxford English vocab
PILLAR — n.1 a a usu. slender vertical structure of wood, metal, or esp. stone used as a support for a roof …
Oxford English vocab
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1. a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Oxford English vocab
POST — I. LETTERS, PARCELS, AND INFORMATION /poʊst/ ( posts, posting, posted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PILLAR — ( pillars) 1. A pillar is a tall solid structure, which is usually used to support part of a building. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROM — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRIVEN — Driven is the past participle of drive .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRIVEN — Driven is the past participle of drive .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POST
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PILLAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pillar of the community (= a well respected and active member of a community …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FROM
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRIVEN — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be forced/driven into exile ▪ Many of his political opponents have been forced into exile. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PILLAR — [noun] [C] - a strong column made of stone, metal or wood which supports part of a building, or something …
Cambridge English vocab
DRIVEN — [adjective]You might describe someone as driven if they are so determined to achieve something or be successful that all their …
Cambridge English vocab
POST — Synonyms and related words : Hermes, Iris, Mercury, PP, Paul Revere, Pheidippides, RD, RFD, Samson post, accredit, acquaint, acropolis, advertise, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PILLAR — n. 1 column, pilaster, pile, piling, pier, upright, post, shaft, prop; atlas, caryatid The roof is supported by a single …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PILLAR — The notion of a pillar is of a shaft or isolated pile either supporting or not supporting a roof. But …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POST — I 1. сущ. 1) мачта, подпорка, свая, стойка, столб, кол, шест Syn : pole, pillar 1., column 2) столб, ограничивающий …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PILLAR — 1. сущ. 1) а) столб, колонна; опора, стойка Syn : pole, column б) стоячий почтовый ящик Syn : pillar-box 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FROM — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (указывает на пространственные отношения; может передаваться тж. приставками) от, из, с from here ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRIVEN — управляемый externally driven keyboard driven magnetic-tape driven punched-tape driven гонимый нанесенный; наносимый, наметаемый (о снеге и т. п.) (техническое) приводимый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BE — гл. 1) иметь место как факт, существовать, случаться а) существовать как факт в объективной реальности быть; быть живым, жить Tyrants …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POST — post.ogg _I 1. pəʋst n 1. 1> столб telegraph distance post - телеграфный километровый столб 2> спорт. столб (у старта …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PILLAR — pillar.ogg 1. ʹpılə n 1. 1> столб; стержень колонны 2> колонна Corinthian pillar - коринфская колонна a pillar to commemorate …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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