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driving force
Idioms and Phrases
The impetus, power, or energy behind something in motion, as in He was clearly the driving force in the new administration . This term transfers the force that sets in motion an engine or vehicle to other enterprises. Ralph Waldo Emerson was among the first to use it figuratively ( English Traits , 1856): “The ability of its journals is the driving force.”Example Sentences
She was a driving force behind rules that barred McBride from using the women's restrooms on Capitol Hill.
The driving force, the club says, is a commitment to relevance, excellence and storytelling integrity.
Only the driving force was not approaching Russian armour but the political reincarnation of Ukraine's biggest ally: the US.
She doesn’t shy away from the thornier feelings of adolescence, such as grief, isolation and revenge, the latter of which is the driving force of this installment as Rosie seeks to avenge her mother’s murder.
Xi Jinping has already vowed "to make domestic demand the main driving force and stabilising anchor of growth".
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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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