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bend over backwards

verb

Definitions

  1. To make a great effort

    To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.

    • They bent over backwards to make sure everything was just right for the visit.
    • The police were plainly on his side. Lawyers helped, too, with a letter he used to justify his strategy. And of course the government of the day bent over backwards to ensure nothing would stand in the way of the media baron's ambitions.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bend over, backwards.

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