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Verb: bend over backwards
Usage: informal
  1. Make an extreme effort to please or accommodate someone
    "She bends over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law";
    - fall over backwards [informal], lean over backwards [informal]

Derived forms: bent over backwards, bends over backwards, bending over backwards

Type of: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do