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1 the prime mover
инициатор, автор (идеи, плана и т. п.)Have you any idea which of those two was the prime mover? (C. P. Snow, ‘The Sleep of Reason’, ch. 27) — Как вы полагаете, кто из этих двух подсудимых был инициатором преступления?
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