'bend over backwards' definitions:
Definition of 'bend over backwards'
From: WordNet
verb
Try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law" [syn: fall over backwards, bend over backwards]
Synonyms of 'bend over backwards'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be careful,
- be cautious,
- be fair,
- be just,
- do justice to,
- exercise care,
- give and take,
- handle with gloves,
- have a care,
- lean over backwards,
- redress a wrong,
- remedy an injustice,
- see justice done,
- shoot straight with,
- take care,
- take good care,
- take heed,
- take pains,
- take trouble,
- tread on eggs,
- treat gently