bend

bend over backward(s)

1. Literally, to lean backwards. I'm so sore after bending over backwards and doing all those weird stretches at yoga this morning.
See also: bend, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bend

/lean over backward
To make an effort greater than is required.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See:
  • (a)round the bend
  • above (one's) bend
  • above bend
  • around the bend
  • bend
  • bend (one's) ear
  • bend (one's) efforts
  • bend (one's) mind
  • bend (one's)/the elbow
  • bend back
  • bend before
  • bend before (something)
  • bend down
  • bend ear
  • bend elbow
  • bend forward
  • bend in
  • bend in the wind
  • bend one’s elbow
  • bend out of shape
  • bend over
  • bend over backward(s)
  • bend over backwards
  • bend over backwards to do something
  • bend over, here it comes again
  • bend somebody's ear
  • bend someone's ear
  • bend someone's ear, to
  • bend the elbow
  • bend the law
  • bend the rules
  • bend the truth
  • bend with the wind
  • bend your elbow
  • bend your mind/efforts to something
  • bend/lean over backward, to
  • bend/lean over backwards to do something
  • bend/stretch the rules
  • bent out of shape
  • better bend than break
  • caught bending
  • crook one's elbow
  • drive (one) (a)round the bend
  • drive around the bend
  • drive someone around the bend
  • drive someone round the bend
  • elbow-bending
  • fall over backwards
  • gender bending
  • go round the bend
  • lean over backwards
  • round the bend
  • round the bend/twist
  • send (one) (a)round the bend
References in periodicals archive
Walnut and oak were reluctant to bend as sharply as birch, cedar and Philippine mahogany.
Some of us have ligaments flexible enough to arch our spines into back bends. But Nomin and Ulzii's stretchy collagen lets their spines bend even farther -- as if they were folded in half.
Finally, the search for a near-optimal bend sequence can begin.
He joined West Bend in 1997 as assistant vice president - personal lines.
Prior Apple's statement, many users claimed that the small curve or slight bend was most likely formed gradually over the course of normal use.
Bent thinning region (I) is on the outside bend where the thickness is reduced by 15% through estimation.
* Keep the cross-hatched ground/power planes parallel to the region, with the cross-hatch pattern at a 45[degrees] angle to the bend line.
In this section, due to investigation of param affecting the mean flow pattern along 180[degrees] sharp bend, the streamlines variations at longitudinal profile, cross sections and plans have been analyzed.
The population was 17,260, ranking Bend 13th in the state.
Trelleborg's offshore operation now has certificates for API 17L1 for bend restrictors, bend stiffeners and modular buoys.
City economic development chief Scott Ford tells the South Bend Tribune (http://bit.ly/14uZLDX) the parties couldn't find "an economic model that made sense" for South Bend's taxpayers.
For tube bending, the software automatically extracts key manufacturing information such as bend angles and rotations from a native SolidWorks model or a common CAD file such as STEP, IGES or ParaSolid and creates the bend table for immediate use on a CNC bending machine, as well as the XYZ coordinates and a 2D drawing of the modeled tube.
Numerous owners of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are reporting that their new phones have developed a noticeable bend or kink after being placed in a pants pocket.
Capsugel, Morristown, NJ, and Bend OR-based Bend Research have entered into a definitive agreement for Capsugel to acquire Bend Research as part of its Dosage Form Solutions (DFS) business unit.