Idiom
bend over backwards
Meaning
To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She bends over backwards to help her friends.”
“The hotel staff bent over backwards to make sure our anniversary dinner was perfect.”
“Despite his busy schedule, the professor bent over backwards to ensure every struggling student understood the difficult material before the final exam.”
Examples
simple
“She bends over backwards to help her friends.”
contextual
“The hotel staff bent over backwards to make sure our anniversary dinner was perfect.”
complex
“Despite his busy schedule, the professor bent over backwards to ensure every struggling student understood the difficult material before the final exam.”
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