| Far from being a pushover, the Company, angered by repeated border incursions, struck back vigorously by declaring war. |
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| Just because you do nice things for people doesn't mean you have to be some kind of wussy pushover. |
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| His father was an outgoing, large and expansive man while his mother was a polite, passive person who Tom describes as a pushover. |
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| He is a virtuous, moral man with dignity and strength, not the mild-mannered pushover of decades past. |
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| Her cute, pixie looks will fool many into believing Veronica is a pushover. |
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| For certain, this match against Scotland is not a pushover despite the fact that they have yet to win a match in the tournament. |
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| However, they were rewarded soon after as Brook touched down a pushover from ten metres. |
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| Almost on the stroke of half-time the home side took the lead with a pushover try which was superbly converted. |
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| This little package of dense black fur is fearless but unaggressive, happy to please but not a pushover, a tad stubborn but a complete lovebug. |
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| Possessed of many virtues, in most ways a grown-up, she is soft at the center, a pushover. |
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| He's obviously no pushover, but I think he probably needs someone to be the hard man at his side. |
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| With poacher-supreme Devon Mitchell leading the charge, the Soca Warriors will be no pushover. |
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| It should be no part of anyone's argument for war that this will be a pushover. |
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| Syria's president may be less cunning and murderous than his late father, Hafez, but he is nobody's pushover. |
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| There are some people in this House who seem to think that the requirements are somehow a pushover. |
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| The most critical manoeuvre in regard to mast bumping is the forward pushover manoeuvre. |
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| With a few familiar faces from the side that earned top honours in the U-19 squad, Papua New Guinea will prove no pushover. |
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| Not that Montreal is by any means a pushover, but as the statistics and the season record shows both teams are pretty evenly matched. |
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| She tended to be a kind of a pushover for things that were artistic anyway. |
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| For such a large and powerfully built man, Micah was a bit of a pushover. |
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| But it also shows the president to be a pushover, with no taste for high-stakes negotiation. |
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| Lucia observed that he was compliant to the point of being a pushover. |
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| It doesn't help that she looks like a complete pushover, her heart-shaped face, blue eyes and perfect Cupid's-bow mouth radiating sweetness and light. |
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| No climate of mutual respect will be fostered if the Federation is nothing more than a pushover ready to do the administration's bidding whenever asked. |
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| But Serbia, which excelled in qualifying, also proved that it wouldn't be a pushover when the time comes to play Germany. |
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| And while you're as sweet as your favourite fragrance, you're no pushover. |
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| Big game: Puebla desperately need points to retain their hope of a place in the knockout phase, but their Group B rivals Toluca, two points behind Jaguares, promise to be no pushover. |
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| At the same time, he has sent signals that Cuba will be no pushover. |
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| How did the president, a noted card player, get pegged as a pushover? |
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| Dumbot is not quite a pushover, bestbot appears to be pretty strong. |
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| Gramp was a pushover for a pretty face, especially in the plain Daley family, and allowed himself to be led through the half-bare living room into his very own bathroom. |
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