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English verb: bend over backwards

1. bend over backwards (body) try very hard to please someone


SamplesShe falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law.


Synonymsfall over backwards


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)act, behave, do









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