Quietly hang round, getting us to eat a piece of cake (8)
I believe the answer is:
pushover
'a piece of cake' is the definition.
('pushover' can be a synonym of 'piece of cake')
'quietly hang round getting us to eat' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'hang round' becomes 'hover' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'round' bit.).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'to eat' indicates putting letters inside.
'p'+'hover'='phover'
'phover' going around 'us' is 'PUSHOVER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pushover that I've seen before include "Child's play, piece of cake" , "No challenge" , "Something easily done" , "A thing easily done" , "something easily accomplished?" .)