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revolving door

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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.
a. a company, institution, or organization with a high turnover of personnel or members.
b. 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:
1905–10


re⋅volv⋅ing-door, adjective
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revolving door  
n.  
  1. 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.

  2. Informal An organization, institution, or place whose members, personnel, or population remain only a short time before going elsewhere.

re·volv'ing-door' (rĭ-vŏl'vĭng-dôr', -dōr') adj.
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