OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 22390

bend over backwards

Meanings (ES + gloss)
partirse el lomo
To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.
The police were plainly on his side. Lawyers helped, too, with a letter he used to justify his strategy. And of course the government of the day bent over backwards to ensure nothi…
They bent over backwards to make sure everything was just right for the visit.
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