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bend over backward(s)
1. Literally, to lean backwards. I'm so sore after bending over backwards and doing all those weird stretches at yoga this morning.
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bend
/lean over backward To make an effort greater than is required.
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- (a)round the bend
- above (one's) bend
- above bend
- around the bend
- bend
- bend (one's) ear
- bend (one's) efforts
- bend (one's) mind
- bend (one's)/the elbow
- bend back
- bend before
- bend before (something)
- bend down
- bend ear
- bend elbow
- bend forward
- bend in
- bend in the wind
- bend one’s elbow
- bend out of shape
- bend over
- bend over backward(s)
- bend over backwards
- bend over backwards to do something
- bend over, here it comes again
- bend somebody's ear
- bend someone's ear
- bend someone's ear, to
- bend the elbow
- bend the law
- bend the rules
- bend the truth
- bend with the wind
- bend your elbow
- bend your mind/efforts to something
- bend/lean over backward, to
- bend/lean over backwards to do something
- bend/stretch the rules
- bent out of shape
- better bend than break
- caught bending
- crook one's elbow
- drive (one) (a)round the bend
- drive around the bend
- drive someone around the bend
- drive someone round the bend
- elbow-bending
- fall over backwards
- gender bending
- go round the bend
- lean over backwards
- round the bend
- round the bend/twist
- send (one) (a)round the bend