pushover
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈpʌʃoʊvər/
- Informal
:
pan comido
- You know Joe, this isn't going to be the pushover that everybody seems to think it is.
Examples
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It's a pushover.
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Should be a pushover.
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It's a pushover of an operation.
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In filing this suit against an organization with fewer than one thousand members, church leaders expected another easy pushover.
Academic text (1998) -
I hear Sweden would be a pushover.
Blog text (16) -
It's a pushover.
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It's a pushover.
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Well, with the exception of Dragomir and Tom Cavendish, Colt's road to this final has been a relative pushover.
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Completing this project will be a pushover since I have all the necessary resources.
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For someone with her skills, that exam was just a pushover.
Synonyms
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3.4
An activity that is very easy or pleasant, often used with no to say something is not easy
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1.0
Something very easy to do
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2.1
An easy thing to do
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1.2
An easy task that needs little effort
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2.1
A task that is very easy to do
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3.4
Easy tasks that give quick results
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1.0
An activity that is very easy to do
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6.1
A task that is very easy to do
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4.4
An easy contest or task that someone wins with little effort
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1.3
A very easy task that needs little effort
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7.8
An easy task that needs little effort
A competition or test that is very easy to pass
Antonyms
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pushover for an easy task comes from the same image of something you can easily push over, so it means a job or task that is very easy to do.