brain drainnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈbreɪn ˌdreɪn/us/ˈbreɪn ˌdreɪn/the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better:
Britain has suffered a huge brain drain in recent years.
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People who live or settle somewhere
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