circular firing squads
circular firing squads is the plural of circular firing squad.
Meaning of circular firing squad
Noun
circular firing squad (plural circular firing squads)
- A political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination.
- "What we're seeing here is a kind of circular firing squad, with everybody standing in a circle pointing fingers at the person beside them," said Representative Robert S. Walker of Pennsylvania, the chief deputy Republican whip.1992 March 26, Michael deCourcy Hinds, “Capitol Hill Memo: After Scandals, the Hush of Paranoia”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 May 2009
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- What is circular firing squads the plural of?
- Circular firing squads is the plural of circular firing squad.
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