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)

1. (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.