Synonyms for musical chairs
mu·si·cal cha·irs

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1. musical chairs, going to Jerusalemnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   going to Jerusalem

2. musical chairsnoun

   a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   going to Jerusalem

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1. • Child's Game
   • Rearrangement

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1. Noah Schwarz:

   In certain groups you are going to see some impressive numbers this year reflecting the robust M&A market and in an attempt to keep top bankers happy and not moving, there have been so many situations of musical chairs in 2015 - more trades than I have seen in a long time.

2. Scott Walker:

   Politics has a musical chairs component to it, you have the hourglass of sand and at the end of the day, there's only one seat.

3. Ann Coulter:

   Berkeley, as you know all along, they’ve been changing their position every five minutes, it’s like a game of musical chairs and whenever the music stops the answer is, ‘no, she can’t speak.’ My allies whom I love are on the same side, they ran away, they gave in. And then there was nothing I could do.

4. Chris Weafer:

   It's a political game of musical chairs, when the music stops in 2024 people want to make sure they're not just standing by the right chair but that they're sitting in the most comfortable chair.

5. Thierry Chow:

   Lunar New Year’s like playing musical chairs – whoever sits in the spot gets Tai Sui. You ’ll change your position next round.