pushover

[ poosh-oh-ver ]

/ ˈpʊʃˌoʊ vər /

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noun

Informal. anything done easily.

Informal. an easily defeated person or team.

Informal. a person who is easily persuaded, influenced, or seduced.

Rocketry. a displacement in a horizontal direction of the trajectory of a missile or rocket.

Aeronautics. push-down.

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Origin of pushover

1905–10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase push over

Words nearby pushover

push money, push off, push on, push one's luck, pushout, pushover, push paper, pushpin, push plate, push poll, push polling

How to use pushover in a sentence

He was such a pathetic pushover, he even gave up the hotel room he’s splitting with his girlfriend so she can have sex with someone she picked up at the reception, which is such a Ross move.
How I Met Your Father and the Insufferable History of the Lovelorn Sitcom Dude|Eliana Dockterman|January 20, 2022|Time
Accusations of a cupcake schedule make for sensitive discourse because a handful of teams each year actually do get lucky and face a slate of pushovers.
The Buffalo Bills Got The Least Bang For Their Schedule’s Buck This Season|Josh Hermsmeyer|January 7, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
It should be noted that Jackson was not a complete pushover: he put many students on report, and placed some of them in arrest.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has jeered at Obama as "President Pushover."
How Obama is Setting the Stage for Hillary in 2016|David Frum|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And no wonder they despise Obama, who they view as a weakling, a loser, and a pushover.
Quit Calling Everything Fascism!|David Frum|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Assad is no pushover and is not hesitant to use force to maintain his position in power—as his brutal assault on Homs shows.
Kofi Annan’s U.N. Mission Is Last-Ditch Push for Diplomacy in Syria|Bruce Jones|March 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
How did the president, a noted card player, get pegged as a pushover?
Obama's Poker Club Tells All|Randall Lane|December 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Of course, him having been places and seen and done things, I was a pushover for him.
Hookers|Richard F. Mann
But Frank Brooks wasn't full of knockout drops this time, and with a clear head he was no pushover.
Deadly City|Paul W. Fairman
This takin' charge of babies ain't no sech pushover as it looks.
Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for pushover

pushover

/ (ˈpʊʃˌəʊvə) /

noun informal

something that is easily achieved or accomplished

a person, team, etc, that is easily taken advantage of or defeated

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