walkover

[ wawk-oh-ver ]

/ ˈwɔkˌoʊ vər /

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noun

Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.

an unopposed or easy victory.

any task easily done.

Gymnastics. a vertical rotation of the body from a standing position, performed by leaning forward to a brief handstand and bringing the legs over and back down to the floor one at a time (front walkover ) or by arching backward to a similar handstand and returning the feet to the floor (back walkover ).

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Origin of walkover

First recorded in 1830–40; noun use of verb phrase walk over

Words nearby walkover

walk of shame, walk-on, walk on air, walk on eggs, walkout, walkover, walkshorts, walk socks, walk tall, walk the floor, walk the plank

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How to use walkover in a sentence

In 1966, Court was the beneficiary of a total walkover, when Nancy Richey couldn’t take the court in the Australian Open final because of a bad knee.
Serena Williams doesn’t need another Grand Slam. She has nothing left to prove.|Sally Jenkins|August 25, 2021|Washington Post
Don't you believe for one minute we're going to have a walkover.
Fast Nine|Alan Douglas
The fumes of this drink went at once to my brain, where it had what might be termed a complete walkover.
Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns)|Bill Nye
"Perhaps he thought his chances too slim for a walkover," he said in non-committal fashion, as Burr's best friend.
The Voice of the People|Ellen Glasgow

As to the fight itself, it was in many ways, no doubt, a walkover.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle
You'll have no such walkover as Dewey had at Manila—I'll promise you that.
Fighting in Cuban Waters|Edward Stratemeyer

British Dictionary definitions for walkover

walkover

/ (ˈwɔːkˌəʊvə) /

noun

informal an easy or unopposed victory

horse racing

the running or walking over the course by the only contestant entered in a race at the time of starting
a race won in this way

verb walk over (intr, mainly preposition)

(also adverb) to win a race by a walkover

informal to beat (an opponent) conclusively or easily

informal to take advantage of (someone)

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

Other Idioms and Phrases with walkover

walk over

See walk all over.

Defeat easily, as in We walked over them in that practice game but don't know how we'll do in the real thing. [Second half of 1900s]

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