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  • 31mover and shaker — ˌmover and ˈshaker noun [countable] a powerful and influential person: • The movers and shakers in the stock market predicted a rise in share dealing. * * * mover and shaker [usually plural] INFORMAL ► someone who has a lot of influence in a… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 32mover and shaker — A person who is a mover and shaker is a highly respected, key figure in their particular area with a lot of influence and importance …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 33mover and shaker — [n] doer achiever, catalyst, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, gogetter*, mover, player*, producer, spark plug*, upstart, wheeler and dealer*; concept 347 …

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  • 34mover and shaker — n. a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence * * * …

    Universalium

  • 35mover and shaker — noun count often plural someone who is powerful or has a lot of influence: the movers and shakers in the world of finance …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36mover and shaker — n. a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence …

    English World dictionary

  • 37mover and shaker — noun a person who wields power and influence a shaker of traditional beliefs movers and shakers in the business world • Syn: ↑shaker • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑ …

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  • 38mover, unmoved — That which initiates motion, but which is itself unmoved. The first of the Five Ways of Aquinas argues for such an entity. It may seem as though this is a version of the first cause argument, with God seeming like the railway engine that starts… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 39mover las tabas — tabas, mover las tabas expr. bailar. ❙ «...cuando la vieron muy repintada en aquel baile de barriada remeneando todas las tabas.» L. Riaza, Retrato de dama con perrito, 1976, RAE CREA. ❙ ▄▀ «Vamos a bailar, a mover las tabas un poco.» …

    Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"

  • 40mover and shaker — UK / US noun [countable, often plural] Word forms mover and shaker : singular mover and shaker plural movers and shakers someone who is powerful or who has a lot of influence …

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