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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal, idiomatic) A person who exercises an influence on others that is felt but not seen..
'Filled with old doddering peers, cute financial magnates, clever wirepullers, big brewers with bulbous noses. All the enemies of progress are there — weaklings, sleek, slug, comfortable, self-important individuals.
[…] there lies, alas, the tragedy of the millions of lives immolated by the ignorant peoples as the price paid for the deception practised upon them by the Imperialistic wirepullers.
Use wire puller when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wire puller means (informal, idiomatic) A person who exercises an influence on others that is felt but not seen..
Common synonyms include snake.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'Filled with old doddering peers, cute financial magnates, clever wirepullers, big brewers with bulbous noses. All the enemies of progress are there — weaklings, sleek, slug, comfortable, self-important individuals.
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