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

Derived forms: falls over backwards, fallen over backwards, falling over backwards, fell over backwards

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