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English verb: bend over backwards | |||
| 1. | bend over backwards (body) try very hard to please someone | ||
| Samples | She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law. | ||
| Synonyms | fall over backwards | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, behave, do | ||
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