lean over backwards

English

Verb

lean over backwards (third-person singular simple present leans over backwards, present participle leaning over backwards, simple past and past participle leaned over backwards or leant over backwards)

(UK) Synonym of bend over backwards
- 1976 December 4, Tom Dungel, quotee, “Opulent Rainbow Disco Makes Boston Debut”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 3:
  We're leaning over backwards to give gay people a place to go.

References

“lean over backwards”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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