movers and shakersnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌmuː.vəz ən ˈʃeɪ.kəz/us/ˌmuː.vɚz ən ˈʃeɪ.kɚz/people with a lot of power and influence:
It's a play that's attracted the attention of the Broadway movers and shakers.
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Important people and describing important people
- august
- baron
- be the cat's whiskers idiom
- big fish/gun/noise/shot/wheel idiom
- big hitter
- fat cat
- high up
- high-level
- high-powered
- high-ranking
- honcho
- kingpin
- mogul
- personage
- superior
- superiority
- the big boys
- the bigger they are, the harder they fall idiom
- the grand old man of sth idiom
- the great and the good idiom
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People in charge of or controlling other people