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pushover
noun as in something or someone easily influenced
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
They know Trump is a pushover.
“In my past, if I ever chose someone who was good, they were too soft for me — too sweet or a pushover. And Simon is not sweet in a wimpy way. He has a feminist soul with a masculine energy.”
It’s harder to prove that friendship has made a reporter a pushover for his sources, so platonic relationships tend to go uncontested, and we stupidly reserve the scarlet letter of lost impartiality for romancing journalists only.
Alito, indeed no pushover on the bench, insists: “I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused.”
“I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused,” insists Alito—who is no pushover on the bench.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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