bend down

bend down

1. Of a person, to lean down or squat. I bent down to get my son's ball out from under the porch. I think I hurt my back when I bent down to pick up those boxes.
2. Of an object, to lean closer to the ground. The way that shed is bending down makes me nervous that it will collapse soon.
See also: bend, down
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bend down

to curve downward; [for someone] to lean down. Please bend down and pick up the little bits of paper you just dropped. The snow-laden bushes bent down.
See also: bend, down
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bend back
  • on (one's) hunkers
  • on your hunkers
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • bend out of shape
  • bent out of shape
  • be down to something
  • be down to (do something)
  • ask down
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