walkover
noun
[ ˈwɔːkəʊvə ]
• an easy victory.
• "a 12–2 walkover"
Similar:
easy victory,
runaway victory,
rout,
landslide,
triumph,
game,
set,
and match,
gift,
piece of cake,
kid's stuff,
child's play,
doddle,
pushover,
cinch,
breeze,
sitter,
picnic,
like taking candy from a baby,
thrashing,
whitewash,
shoo-in,
cake walk,
duck soup,
snip,
piece of piss,
• a somersault in which a gymnast performs a handstand and then slowly moves the feet backward and down to the floor, or first arches back into a handstand and then slowly moves the feet forward and down to the floor.
Origin:
early 19th century: with reference to a horse race in which the winner, through the absence of competitors, has no need to race but can just walk over the finish line.
