Meanings
plural moving staircases
- UKAn escalator.
In terms of the income scale British society has been compared to a group of people on a moving staircase. While the staircase as a whole moves upwards the relative position of the people on it remains largely unchanged.
2008, John Irwin, Modern Britain: An Economic and Social History, page 27
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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