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lean over backwards

lean over backwards verb: synonym of bend over backwards.

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.
    • 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 of lean over backwards

Forms of lean over backwards

third-person singular presentleans over backwards
present participleleaning over backwards
past participleleaned over backwards
pastleaned over backwards
past participleleant over backwards
pastleant over backwards

Questions about lean over backwards

What does lean over backwards mean?
Lean over backwards means synonym of bend over backwards.
What part of speech is lean over backwards?
Lean over backwards is a verb.
What is the past tense of lean over backwards?
The past tense of lean over backwards is leaned over backwards.

Words near lean over backwards in the dictionary

  1. lean into
  2. lean manufacturing
  3. lean nitrogen oxide trap
  4. lean nitrogen oxide traps
  5. lean on
  6. lean over backwards
  7. lean thinking
  8. lean towards
  9. lean'd
  10. lean, finely textured beef
  11. lean-back

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