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pushover

noun as in something or someone easily influenced

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He was such a pathetic pushover, he even gave up the hotel room he’s splitting with his girlfriend so she can have sex with someone she picked up at the reception, which is such a Ross move.

From Time

Accusations of a cupcake schedule make for sensitive discourse because a handful of teams each year actually do get lucky and face a slate of pushovers.

It should be noted that Jackson was not a complete pushover: he put many students on report, and placed some of them in arrest.

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has jeered at Obama as "President Pushover."

And no wonder they despise Obama, who they view as a weakling, a loser, and a pushover.

Assad is no pushover and is not hesitant to use force to maintain his position in power—as his brutal assault on Homs shows.

How did the president, a noted card player, get pegged as a pushover?

Of course, him having been places and seen and done things, I was a pushover for him.

But Frank Brooks wasn't full of knockout drops this time, and with a clear head he was no pushover.

This takin' charge of babies ain't no sech pushover as it looks.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pushover, such as: cinch, piece of cake, sucker, breeze, chump, and fool.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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