Definition of "revolving door" [revolving door]

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

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• "Cliché flew backward, in through the revolving door and so fast that he was no longer touching the ground."
• "Clayton waved him off and gave a reserved smile to Randy Simms, who now walked through the revolving door of the club."
• "For two years, I watched a revolving door of nonevents that never stopped intriguing me."