revolving door

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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.

Origin of revolving door

First recorded in 1905–10

OTHER WORDS FROM revolving door

re·volv·ing-door, adjective

Words nearby revolving door

revolve, revolver, revolving, revolving charge account, revolving credit, revolving door, revolving fund, revolving stage, Rev. Stat., revue, revulsant

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That revolving-door thing is a cancer at the heart of American democracy.
John Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ Turning Down CBS, and ‘Nauseating’ American Politics|Marlow Stern|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for revolving door

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

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单词	revolving door
释义	revolving door SEE SYNONYMS FOR revolving door ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of revolving door First recorded in 1905–10 OTHER WORDS FROM revolving door re·volv·ing-door, adjective Words nearby revolving door revolve, revolver, revolving, revolving charge account, revolving credit, revolving door, revolving fund, revolving stage, Rev. Stat., revue, revulsant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for revolving door That revolving-door thing is a cancer at the heart of American democracy. John Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ Turning Down CBS, and ‘Nauseating’ American Politics\|Marlow Stern\|May 1, 2014\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for revolving door 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 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 Words related to revolving door bar, fence, exit, door, port, doorway, conduit, opening, lock, passage, access, egress, portal, way, issue, gateway, slammer, weir, portcullis, turnstile
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revolving door

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