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pushover

[ poosh-oh-ver ]

noun

  1. Informal. anything done easily.
  2. Informal. an easily defeated person or team.
  3. Informal. a person who is easily persuaded, influenced, or seduced.
  4. Rocketry. a displacement in a horizontal direction of the trajectory of a missile or rocket.
  5. Aeronautics. push-down.


pushover

/ ˈʊʃˌəʊə /

noun

  1. something that is easily achieved or accomplished
  2. a person, team, etc, that is easily taken advantage of or defeated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pushover1

1905–10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase push over
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“We advise consumers to give insurers the chance to do the right thing but to not be pushovers and realize insurers are for-profit companies and not charitable organizations,” she said.

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Celtic won and deserved to - character as much as class sealed it - but Aberdeen were no pushovers.

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The Rams play at New England on Sunday — the Patriots aren’t pushovers — then play home against Philadelphia, at New Orleans, and back home against Buffalo.

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Rain and cool temperatures turned Valhalla into a pushover for the first two days, and the scores showed it.

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Mr Xi will be friendly - he knows that China needs the US - but he will also show he is no pushover.

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