to generate some impact that is tangible or meaningful, as if the activity in question is being measured by an analog gauge with a needle sweeping across the gradations marked off on its face; used to refer to something that will have impact that is sufficient to justify the effort it requires, as in “I think that quality training program could really move the needle in terms of improving our defect rates”; in an increasingly digital world this expression has less purchase on the imagination
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