lean over backwards

verb

Synonym of bend over backwards.

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Meanings

verblean 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)

present singular third person leans over backwards · participle present leaning over backwards · participle past leaned over backwards · past leaned over backwards · participle past leant over backwards · past leant over backwards

  1. UKSynonym of bend over backwards.

    We're leaning over backwards to give gay people a place to go.

    1976 December 4, Tom Dungel, quotee, “Opulent Rainbow Disco Makes Boston Debut”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 3

    Synonyms: bend over backwards

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of bend over backwards.

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bend over backwards
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bend over backwards
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APA

lean over backwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lean%20over%20backwards

MLA

“lean over backwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lean%20over%20backwards. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lean over backwards,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lean%20over%20backwards.

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