Meaning of circular firing squad | Babel Free

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

idiomatic

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Examples

“"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.”

“He said it was not the party that had lost the last election, but the "circular firing squad" of MPs.”

“[J]ust about everyone who helped create this mess is busy pointing fingers, scapegoating the other guys, firing the lower-downs and diming out the higher-ups. Last week what was once envisioned as a new kind of company resembled little more than a circular firing squad of executives, accountants, consultants and lawyers.”

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