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lean over backwards

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lean over backwards
to try very hard bend over backwards She and her staff will lean over backwards to see that you are satisfied with their services.
Usage notes: usually used to describe efforts to help or please someone
Related vocabulary: fall all over yourself (to do something)
See also: backward, lean


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Aa Yes, our parliamentary poseurs know which side their bread is buttered on, and they lean over backwards to avoid displeasing the lawless plunderers of the Holy Land.
Tierney does not exactly lean over backwards to acknowledge evidence contrary to his point.
 
 
 
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