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revolving door

noun

  1. 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.

  2. Informal.

    1. a company, institution, or organization with a high turnover of personnel or members.

    2. 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

  1. a door that rotates about a central vertical axis, esp one with four leaves arranged at right angles to each other, thereby excluding draughts

    1. informal,  a tendency to change personnel on a frequent basis

    2. ( as modifier )

      a revolving-door band

    1. informal,  the hiring of former government employees by private companies with which they had dealings when they worked for the government

    2. ( as modifier )

      revolving-door consultancies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • revolving-door adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of revolving door1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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The revolving door of coaches employed by Raducanu since her US Open win has brought intense scrutiny.

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