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bend over backwards [idiom]

To try very hard to do something

تمام سعی و توان خود را بکار بستن - bend over backwards

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Example:

My best friend, Jacob, is having financial problems, I’ll do everything I can to help him. I will truly bend over backwards for him.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bend over backwards

(to do something)to try very hard to be helpful We bent over backwards to finish it on time.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

bend/lean over backwards

C1 to try very hard to do something:

I've been bending over backwards trying to help you, and this is all the thanks I get!

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bend over backwards in British

or lean over backwards

informal

to make a special effort, esp in order to please

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bend over backward or bend over backwards

: to make extreme effortshad to bend over backward to get these tickets

American English

British English

trying and making an effort

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