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pushover

pushover

English

Noun

pushover ‎(plural pushovers)

Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply.
I'm a pushover when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets.
Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself.

Translations

Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply

Czech: slaboch m
German: Schwächling (de) m
Portuguese: influenciável (pt)

Russian: проста́к (ru) m ‎(prosták), простофи́ля (ru) m, f ‎(prostofílja)
Spanish: influenciable

Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself

Italian: merlo (it), pollo (it), smidollato (it), pappa molle, pappamolle, rammollito (it), fifone (it), codardo (it), cortigiano, mollusco (it), vigliacco (it), pusillanime (it), eunuco (it), debole (it) m, mammoletta, coniglio (it)
Russian: слаба́к (ru) m ‎(slabák)

See also

cave
cave in
give in
pullover
Appendix:Words from Variety

References

↑ “pushover” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).