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movers and shakers

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mov⋅er

[moo-ver]
–noun
1. 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.
5. movers and shakers, Informal. powerful and influential people, as in politics and business.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME mevere. See move, -er 1
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mover and shaker  
n.   pl. movers and shakers
One who wields power and influence in a sphere of activity: "the importance of hanging out with the movers and shakers of the art world" (Richard Colvin).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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movers and shakers

  1. n.
    people who get things done; organizers and managers. : The movers and shakers in this firm haven't exactly been working overtime.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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