revolving door
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- 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
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.
See revolving door in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- A door, as in the entrance of an office or apartment building, usually consisting of four rigid upright sections interconnected at right angles and rotating about a central upright pivot.
- Informal An organization, institution, or place whose members, personnel, or population remain only a short time before going elsewhere.
Related Forms:
- re·volvˈing-doorˈ (rĭ-vŏlˈvĭng-dôrˈ, -dōrˈ) adjective