- buffet someone or something from someone or something tosomeone or something
- buffet someone or something from someone or something tosomeone or somethingFig. to shift someone or something back and forth between people, things, or places, as if being tossed around by the waves of the sea. •
The state agency buffeted the orphan child from one relative to another.
•The office staff buffeted the memo from one desk to another.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.