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circular firing squad

idiom
Meaning

A political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination.


Examples
SIMPLE

The committee is now a circular firing squad, attacking each other instead of working.

CONTEXTUAL

The project failed because the team turned into a circular firing squad, blaming one another for every minor mistake.

COMPLEX

Rather than presenting a united front to the public, the party has devolved into a circular firing squad, ensuring their own political collapse through constant internal strife.

Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    circular file

    The trash container; the wastebasket.

  2. 02

    firing line

    The vanguard of an activity.

  3. 03

    get someone's neurons firing

    To stimulate brain action; to make someone think a lot.

  4. 04

    goon squad

    A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.

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