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1
a person without strength of character
- pushovers who are afraid to discipline their little spoiled brat
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- coward,
- milquetoast,
- mouse,
- nebbish,
- nervous Nellie
- (or nervous Nelly),
- pussy
- [slang],
- wuss
- (also wussy)
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2
one who is easily deceived or cheated
- scam artists mistakenly thinking that these farm families would be pushovers
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3
something that is easy to do
- though the mountain is not especially high, the climb is very arduous and is definitely not a pushover
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“Pushover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushover. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of pushover was in 1906
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