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be the brains behind

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be the brains behind something
to be the person who plans and organizes something, especially something successful He was the brains behind many of the best movies ever made.
See beat brains out, blow brains out, pick brains, rack brain
See also: behind, brain


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Meanwhile, al-Zawahri, thought to be the brains behind 9/11, claims al-Quaeda have bought nuclear weapons.
 
 
 
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