bend over backwards

Speech parts

1. bend over backwards - Verb

2. bend over backwards - Phrase

Meaning

try very hard to please someone

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Synonyms

spare no effort move heaven and earth fall over backwards jump through hoops work attempt labour labor try seek struggle essay undertake strive endeavor

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Antonyms

noah kip rest loaf quit idle

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Hypernyms

act behave do

Examples

She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law Source: Internet

Unless you bend over backwards to be nice to the Libs, and attack Trump like a rabid badger, you ain’t black. Source: Internet

Mcqueen says the regular staff at Arcare are “beautiful - they would bend over backwards for you”. Source: Internet

Nor will they expect Oxbridge to bend over backwards to accept them. Source: Internet

When I moved to Douglas County in 1989 I felt like this was an area where people cared about each other and would bend over backwards to help each other out if problems arose. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

bend over backwards

Close letter words and terms

bend one's elbow bend out of shape bend over bend pipe bend sinister bend someone to your will