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pushover

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push⋅o⋅ver

  [poosh-oh-ver]
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–noun
1. Informal. anything done easily.
2. Informal. an easily defeated person or team.
3. Informal. a person who is easily persuaded, influenced, or seduced.
4. Rocketry. a displacement in a horizontal direction of the trajectory of a missile or rocket.
5. Aeronautics. push-down.
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase push over

push-down

  [poosh-doun]
–noun Aeronautics.
a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
Also called pushover.

Origin:
1935–40; n. use of v. phrase push down
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push·o·ver   (pŏŏsh'ō'vər)   
n.  

  1. One that is easily defeated or taken advantage of.

  2. Something that is easily done or attained. See Synonyms at breeze1.

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Word Origin & History

pushover  (n.)
1906, of things; 1926, of persons (bad boxers and easy women), from push (q.v.) + over.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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