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brains behind

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the brains behind something

the person who provides ideas and plans for an activity. Someone very clever must be the brains behind such an organized group of thieves.

See also: behind, brain

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Because, in his way he's very nearly as good a man as I am; because, my dear Bunny, with eyes in his head and brains behind them, he couldn't help suspecting. The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context More results

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