bend over backwards

1. Also, lean over backwards. Exert oneself to the fullest extent, as in Dad bent over backwards so as not to embarrass Stasia's new boyfriend. This phrase transfers the gymnastic feat of a backbend to taking a great deal of trouble for someone or something. [c. 1920] Also see under fall all over.

Example Sentences

One whistleblower told a newspaper last year that Ofsted was "bending over backwards" to make inspections less stressful - at pupils' expense.

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He is bending over backwards… to try to find these pots of funding that have been unspent or unobligated and move it over to address the first priorities.

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But since a legal immigrant once saw a doctor, the press is expected to bend over backwards to adjudicate whether one is a liar just because one is lying about 99% of the story.

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Trump got this immunity decision, and he seems to recognize that, as you argue in this book, these six Republican judges are going to bend over backwards to misinterpret the law to help him out.

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Yet the Trump administration is bending over backwards not to blame Putin.

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