pushover
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doormat, jellyfish, namby-pamby, reed, weakling, wimp
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Her character, Lara Jean, is shy but not a pushover, and smart but not in a way that would be unrealistic for a high schooler. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "7 Things to Love About 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'," 17 Aug. 2018 But the Seleção could enter this game with a little too much confidence and not think of the task at hand, and Belgium aren't exactly pushovers. — SI.com, "2018 FIFA World Cup Team Preview: Analysing Belgium's Chances at the Tournament," 5 June 2018 Round-of-16 opponent Denmark won’t be a pushover, but Croatia’s toughest game will be a quarterfinal meeting with Spain. — Si.com Staff, SI.com, "Weekend Read: A Case for All 16 Teams to Win the World Cup, Reflecting on Tyler Hilinski and More," 29 June 2018 The prize for that was a place in the weaker half of the draw, but Switzerland is no pushover. — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, "World Cup: Ranking the matchups in the Round of 16," 29 June 2018 The Oakland Athletics, who come to town for four games, are not pushovers. — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, "After embarrassing week, Detroit Tigers to have mental toughness tested," 24 June 2018 Switzerland, ranked No. 6 in the world, won’t be a pushover. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "World Cup: Sunday's matchups," 16 June 2018 None of those teams are a pushover, but the Nationals are the only one comfortably above .500. — Si.com Staff, SI.com, "Nine Innings: The Indians' Surprisingly Bad Bullpen, the State of the NL West and Culberson's Magic," 4 June 2018 Portia, is quieter, perhaps calmer, but definitely no pushover. — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, "Germantown Friends' McKoy twins will continue track careers at Lafayette, Lehigh," 2 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pushover.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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pushover
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English Language Learners Definition of pushover
: an opponent that is easy to defeat
: something that is easy to do
: someone who is easy to persuade or influence
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