Easy opponent to beat and knock to the floor (8)
I believe the answer is:
pushover
'easy opponent' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pushover that I've seen before include "No challenge" , "A thing easily done" , "Easy victim" , "customer offering little resistance" , "One is easily defeated or outwitted" .)