Usually means: Influential person driving change, progress.
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  1. mover and shaker: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mover and shaker: Merriam-Webster
  3. mover and shaker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mover and shaker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mover and shaker: Vocabulary.com
  6. mover and shaker: Wiktionary
  7. mover and shaker: Dictionary.com
  8. mover and shaker: Rhymezone
  9. mover and shaker: FreeDictionary.org
  10. mover and shaker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. mover and shaker: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mover and shaker: Encyclopedia

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  1. mover and shaker: Idioms

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  1. mover and shaker: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mover and shaker)

noun:  (figurative, usually in the plural) Someone who has power and influence in a field or activity; one who accomplishes tasks, who gets things done.

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