what does bend over backwards mean?
BEND OVER BACKWARDS as VERB
- Meaning
- try very hard to please someone
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law
Hypernyms(s) bend over backwards is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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