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revolving door

 
 
noun [S] informal

Definition

HR, WORKPLACE a situation in which a lot of different people do a particular job or work for a particular company for a short time and then leave: Despite a revolving door in senior ranks just below the top, the group has had a single CEO for the last three years.
(Definition of revolving door noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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