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mover and shak·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shaker, mover and shakernoun

    a person who wields power and influence

    "a shaker of traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business world"

Wiktionary

  1. mover and shakernoun

    someone who has power and influence in some field or activity.

  2. mover and shakernoun

    The people in an organization who are most responsible for getting things done.

ChatGPT

  1. mover and shaker

    A mover and shaker is a person or entity who wields power or influence and initiates events or changes in a specific field, industry, or community. This individual is typically highly energetic and is able to make things happen due to their resourcefulness, influence, ideas, and network of contacts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mover and shaker in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mover and shaker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of mover and shaker in a Sentence

  1. Gabriel Petrus:

    The government lost its cleverest mover and shaker in the Senate. It will be hard for Rousseff to reach agreement with the opposition on the austerity agenda.


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