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lean over backwards
Idioms and Phrases
see bend over backwards .Example Sentences
So theyâll certainly lean over backwards to get a decision out as soon as they possibly can.
âOur tendency to âlean over backwardsâ to rule against a homosexual is simply a manifestation of the revulsion which homosexuality inspires in the normal person,â a CSC supervisor wrote in a 1964 memo typical of the era.
âItâs just too fraught. And the week after a pilot is burned alive, in a video shown, you donât lean over backwards to be philosophical about the sins of the fathers. You have to deal with the issue thatâs in front of you or donât deal with it at all. Talk about faith.â
He added, âOur tendency to âlean over backwardsâ to rule against a homosexual is simply a manifestation of the revulsion which homosexuality inspires in the normal person.â
Then he begun to lean over backwards, and finally, when everything was set, he threw a flip-flap and hit that tank a dead center without hurtin' himself a bit.
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