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revolving door
noun
an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
Informal.
a company, institution, or organization with a high turnover of personnel or members.
a legal, medical, or other system or agency that discharges criminals, patients, etc., in the shortest possible time and without adequate attention or consideration.
revolving door
noun
a door that rotates about a central vertical axis, esp one with four leaves arranged at right angles to each other, thereby excluding draughts
informal, a tendency to change personnel on a frequent basis
( as modifier )
a revolving-door band
informal, the hiring of former government employees by private companies with which they had dealings when they worked for the government
( as modifier )
revolving-door consultancies
Other Word Forms
- revolving-door adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of revolving door1
Example Sentences
For the longest time, boardroom chaos was as much a part of Rangers as mascot Broxi Bear - a revolving door of owners, chairmen, chief executives, sporting directors and recruitment specialists.
For CBS News veterans there is also their general exhaustion of what has become a revolving door of leadership at the unit.
Don’t expect the revolving door to slow down any time soon.
Levy will also be forever associated with instability, including a revolving door of 12 sacked managers as Spurs reached 16 semi-finals and seven finals, not including the recent Uefa Super Cup.
The revolving door of coaches employed by Raducanu since her US Open win has brought intense scrutiny.
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