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mover

[moo-ver]

noun

  1. a person or thing that moves.

  2. Often movers. a person or company whose business is the moving move 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.



mover

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. informala person, business, idea, etc, that is advancing or progressing

  2. a person who moves a proposal, as in a debate

  3. a removal firm or a person who works for one

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mover1

First recorded in 1350–1400, mover is from the Middle English word mevere. See move, -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. movers and shakers, powerful and influential people, as in politics and business.

In addition to the idiom beginning with mover, also see prime mover.
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Example Sentences

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But other updates such as an electrified bus network, expanded rail lines and the LAX people mover have lagged.

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The station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street will connect to the K Line and C Line and, starting next year, to Los Angeles International Airport’s long-awaited automated people mover train.

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"Against the best movers in the world, you won't hit as many winners on the backhand, no matter how good it is - so you have to go with your forehand," said Petkovic.

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The pattern is a sort of repetition compulsion, afflicting Democratic movers and shakers along with the party as an institution.

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The station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street will connect to the K Line and C Line and will eventually connect to the LAX automated people mover train.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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