mover
Idioms about mover
movers and shakers, Informal. powerful and influential people, as in politics and business.
Origin of mover
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How to use mover in a sentence
As for V12, Porch’s focus is on that company’s mover marketing and data platform.
Home services platform Porch acquires four companies | Frederic Lardinois | January 14, 2021 | TechCrunchYou’ll hear from — and get to engage with — some of the most important movers and shakers across public, private and defense sectors.
Only 72 hours left until early-bird savings end for TC Sessions: Space 2020 | Alexandra Ames | November 11, 2020 | TechCrunchThough a fast mover, Zeta generated substantial rainfall totals.
Updated forecast: Zeta’s rain rapidly exiting D.C. area after one to three inches, but more showers overnight. | David Streit, Jason Samenow | October 29, 2020 | Washington Post“That could be a volatility driver or a market mover,” she adds.
Buckle up, investors. The stimulus talks’ roller coaster is nothing compared to what could hit the markets next | Anne Sraders | October 21, 2020 | FortuneOnce again led by the advertising and search category of injury law, due to the highly competitive and expensive nature, we are seeing a couple of key movers.
The minute you stop playing that game the first mover advantage goes away.
He was a prime mover behind the Saudi military intervention in Bahrain a year ago to smash an incipient Shia reform movement.
China has been the main mover behind the six-party talks, aimed at convincing North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program.
China Fears Unrest, Instability in North Korea After Kim Jong-il’s Death | Melinda Liu | December 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTLeo is strategic, the queen on the chessboard, the prime mover of the zodiac.
Vestas has clearly been the prime mover in WindMade and they both deserve and have received credit for that.
Winds of Change: Green Industry Trailblazer Leads WindMade Charge | Daily Beast Promotions | February 28, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThis success induced the noble mover to bring the subject before the house again.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanIn every direction but one he turns, and that is the direction where lies the prime mover of his toil, his subject.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterHookey, it seemed probable, was the prime mover; and I felt satisfied we should see him again.
That is true, too,—although I somehow think Merrick is the prime mover in this swindle.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)Then came the camp-mover and hauled the wagon to fresh pastures in that illimitable, gray-green land.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek | George W. Ogden
British Dictionary definitions for mover
/ (ˈmuːvə) /
informal a person, business, idea, etc, that is advancing or progressing
a person who moves a proposal, as in a debate
US and Canadian a removal firm or a person who works for one
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Other Idioms and Phrases with mover
In addition to the idiom beginning with mover
- mover and shaker
also see:
- prime mover
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