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prime mover

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prime mover
ˌprime ˈmover noun [countable]
1. someone who helps to make something happen and has great influence in the way it develops
    prime mover in/of/behind
    He was a prime mover in the bid to get better pay for West Indian cricketers.
    She was a prime mover of social change in the 19th century.
2. Prime Mover a way of referring to God