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How to pronounce pushover in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, snap, walkover
Type of project, undertaking, task, labor
Has types doddle
Type Words
Type of stooge, flunky, flunkey, yes-man

Examples of pushover

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He works subtly to undermine his rival, but Richard turns out to be no pushover.
From the philly.com
India is pushover and a soft state that can be punched blue only then it reacts.
From the economist.com
The ECB and the bankers thought Greece and the Greek people would be a pushover.
From the infowars.com
Known to be a pushover for a hard-luck story, he got this idea from a newspaper.
From the time.com
Turns out one of the nation's toughest leaders was a real pushover for his boys.
From the stltoday.com
While their road record lacks a win, TFC hasn't been a pushover by any stretch.
From the theepochtimes.com
When it comes to signing off on green projects, Obama's team won't be a pushover.
From the businessweek.com
If she's not as aggressive as the male stereotype, she's an emotional pushover.
From the cnn.com
Notre Dame had never made it this far, but the Fighting Irish were no pushover.
From the lohud.com
More examples
  • Someone who is easily taken advantage of
  • Cinch: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
  • Pushover (1954) is a film noir notable for being the first film to feature Kim Novak in a starring role. The Columbia Pictures picture also stars Fred MacMurray as a good cop gone bad. It was adapted from two novels, The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh and Rafferty by William S. Ballinger.
  • Pushover is a platform puzzle game developed by Red Rat Software in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, DOS and Super NES. Ocean Software published the game. ...
  • Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply; Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself
  • A person who is easy to persuade; a person who does what he or she is asked--without question.
  • When a try is scored from a set scrum near to the line. The offensive team tries to drive the defensive team over the goal-line, with the number 8 picking up the ball and attempting to get it over the line. This can be a difficult play to stop.
  • A type of wipe in which the succeeding image appears to push the preceding one off the screen.
  • A person easily convinced or seduced