person to be reckoned with
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A 21-year-old girl named Valerie Lauder is a person to be reckoned with in Chicago journalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had recognised her without her appearing to see him, and even with half an eye, as they said, had taken in that she was now a person to be reckoned with.
From Pandora by Henry James
Unfortunately he was not the only person to be reckoned with.
From The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler
A man who is a "somebody," a "person to be reckoned with," is one who is a "self."
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
Our hero, who was warmly thanked by the Duke for his zeal, was now regarded as a person to be reckoned with.
From The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 by Walter R. Nursey
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