a mover and shaker

a mover and a shaker

A person who is able to get things done with their power, influence, or money. She thinks her father can get me into law school. Apparently he's quite a mover and a shaker. The conference is going to be full of movers and shakers of the industry, so I want to make a good impression.
See also: and, mover, shaker
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a mover and shaker

someone at the centre of events who makes things happen; a powerful person.
Movers and shakers is first recorded in Arthur O'Shaughnessy's 1874 poem ‘Ode’.
1998 Times Ten years from now his name will again be high on the list of movers and shakers to watch in the decade.
See also: and, mover, shaker
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a mover and a shaker
  • be whistling in the dark
  • a big cheese
  • every horse thinks its own pack heaviest
  • be not the full quid
  • if you don't mind me asking
  • if you don't mind my asking
  • be on the scent
  • be on the scent (of someone or something)
  • be out of (one's) senses
References in periodicals archive
His wife, a mover and Shaker in Charleston, is putting pressure on the police to look at Grace as the killer, leaving it to Theodosia and company to find the real killer just like they have five times before.
Don't believe the old saw that you can't be out and still be a mover and shaker in Hollywood.