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meaning to take from one person or thing to give to another, especially when it results in the elimination of one
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out of the savings of the thrifty can be made the wage-fund to set other men on the way to be prosperous."
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by incurring another. There are many other variants and similar phrases in numerous languages. "
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was dissolved, and a few years after that many of its assets were expropriated for repairs to
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of common names – similar to, for example,
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Rob Peter to pay Paul

stained glass
phrases
debt
patchwork
patchwork block
English folklore
England
abbey church of Saint Peter, Westminster
letters patent
diocese of London
diocese of Westminster
Saint Paul's Cathedral
Middle English
collocation
Tom, Dick, and Harry
Saint Peter
Saint Paul
Christian art
theology
alliteration
apostles
Christ
martyred
ancient Rome
feast day
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Middle Ages
dedicated to the pair

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