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sitting duck
noun as in easy target
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At night though, their behavior practically turns them into sitting ducks.
Perhaps the deep-pocketed corporation was the real victim, some grotesque combination of sitting duck and cash cow?
A weaving target has a chance, but a target standing motionless is a sitting duck and his life hangs by a hair.
If any of the Company ships sight us, we'll be a sitting duck.
There were three eggs in the inaccessible cliff-nest, and he brought me one, which I tried in vain to hatch under a sitting duck.
Six great green eggs, stolen from a sitting duck which had belonged to the ill-fated Pierce, were the staple food.
There is a very dangerous time when the driver is a sitting duck.
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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sitting duck, such as: pushover, babe in the woods, dead duck, dead meat, easy pickings, and easy victim.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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