musical chairs, n.
a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
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musical chairs
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"the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors""shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment"
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a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
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going to Jerusalem musical chairs
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