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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? #220709 04/01/15 11:20 AM Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 1 Bottmingen/BL, Switzeerland P PGL OP stranger OP PGL stranger P Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 1 Bottmingen/BL, Switzeerland "Moving the needle" This Phrase has been around since 2012 to my knowledge. It is now finding it`s way into the English Language. Is it American or English Origin? Who invented the phrase/used it first? Is it still mainly used in Business, or has it broken out into wider usage. Do you have any good examples? PGL Last edited by PGL; 04/01/15 11:21 AM. Reason: spelling! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? PGL 04/01/15 11:20 AM Re: "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? LukeJavan8 04/01/15 02:43 PM Re: "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? tsuwm 04/01/15 08:40 PM Re: "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? Cowboy_Monkey 04/19/15 02:59 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,997 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 729 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,958 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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