lean over backwards en · VERB
Meanings
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(UK) Synonym of bend over backwards.
We're leaning over backwards to give gay people a place to go.
1976 December 4, Tom Dungel, quotee, “Opulent Rainbow Disco Makes Boston Debut”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leant over backwards | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| leant over backwards | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| leaned over backwards | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| leaned over backwards | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| leaning over backwards | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| leans over backwards | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |