BEND OVER BACKWARDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bend over backwards mean? 

• BEND OVER BACKWARDS (verb)
  The verb BEND OVER BACKWARDS has 1 sense:

1. try very hard to please someone

  Familiarity information: BEND OVER BACKWARDS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEND OVER BACKWARDS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Try very hard to please someone

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bend over backwards; fall over backwards

Context example:

She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law

Hypernyms (to "bend over backwards" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s