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

Derived forms: leaned over backwards, leaning over backwards, leans over backwards

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