revolving door
revolving door
Definition
☆ revolving door
noun
- a door consisting of three to five upright panels hung on a central axle, and turned around by pushing on one of the panels: used to keep out drafts of air
- anything like a revolving door, as
- something that leads back to a previous place or condition for some criminals, the justice system is a revolving door back to the streets
- a place or situation through which a stream of persons passes, as a job with a high turnover rate
revolving-door
Definition
revolving-door (ri väl′viŋ dôr′, -vôl′-)
adjective
- designating or of the practice in which a former employee of a government department goes to work for a private company regulated by that department
- having a high turnover of personnel, members, etc.: said of a company, organization, etc.
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