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noun
Idiom1.
a person or thing that moves.
2.
Often, movers. a person or company whose business is the moving of household effects or office equipment from one location to another.
3.
a powerful and influential person, as in politics or business.
4.
a person who is energetic and ambitious; go-getter.
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movers and shakers, Informal. powerful and influential people, as in politics and business.
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Movers and shakers
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| movers and shakers | |
| —pl n | |
| informal the people with power and influence in a particular field of activity | |
| [C20: perhaps from the line ``We are the movers and shakers of the world for ever'' in `Ode' by Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844--81), British poet] | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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