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rob Peter to pay Paul verb

  • (idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.
 desvestir a un santo para vestir a otro
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