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bend

/lean over backward

To make an effort greater than is required.

See:

• (a)round the bend
• above (one's) bend
• above bend
• around the bend
• bend
• bend back
• bend before
• bend down
• bend ear
• bend elbow
• bend forward
• bend in
• bend in the wind
• bend one’s elbow
• bend out of shape
• bend over
• bend over backwards
• Bend over, here it comes again
• bend someone's ear
• bend the elbow
• bend the law
• bend the rules
• bend the truth
• bend with the wind
• caught bending
• crook one's elbow
• drive around the bend
• drive round the bend
• drive someone around the bend
• elbow-bending
• fall over backwards
• gender bending
• round the bend