BEND OVER BACKWARD

Meaning of BEND OVER BACKWARD in English

I. phrasal

or lean over backward

: to make extreme efforts (as at concession)

II. phrasal

or bend over backwards

: to make extreme efforts

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

BEND OVER BACKWARD — I. phrasal or lean over backward to make extreme efforts (as at concession), II. phrasal or ~s to make extreme …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEND OVER BACKWARD — phrasal : to make extreme efforts at concession
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEND OVER BACKWARD — or bend over backwards : to make extreme efforts
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BEND OVER BACKWARD — or lean over backward : to make extreme efforts (as at concession)
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BEND OVER BACKWARD — = lean over backward {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite …
Slang English vocab
BEND OVER BACKWARD — v. phr. , informal To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do …
American Idioms English vocabulary
OVER — I. |ōvə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubari, ubiri, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEND — I. ˈbend noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bend bend, chain, fetter & Middle French bende, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKWARD — I. ˈbakwə(r)d adverb or back·wards -dz Etymology: Middle English bakward, bakwardes, from bak back + -ward, -wardes 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKWARD — (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWARD — (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWARD — (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWARD — (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWARD — ( a. ) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — /oh"veuhr/ , prep. 1. above in place or position: the roof over one's head. 2. above and to the other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEND — bend 1 — bendable , adj. /bend/ , v. , bent or ( Archaic ) bended; bending , n. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKWARD — — backwardly , adv. — backwardness , n. /bak"weuhrd/ , adv. Also, backwards . 1. toward the back or rear. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — I. ˈō-vər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubar (preposition) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEND — I. ˈbend verb ( bent ˈbent ; bend·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bendan; akin to Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BACKWARD — I. ˈbak-wərd adverb or back·wards -wərdz Date: 14th century 1. a. : toward the back b. : with the back …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVER — adv from inside to outside, above or across the brim. 2. over ·adv at an end; beyond the limit of …
Webster English vocab
BEND — noun hard, indurated clay; bind. 2. bend ·noun a band. 3. bend ·noun turn; purpose; inclination; ends. 4. bend ·vi …
Webster English vocab
BACKWARD — noun the state behind or past. 2. backward ·adj already past or gone; bygone. 3. backward ·adj late or behindhand; …
Webster English vocab
OVER- — [over-] prefix 1: so as to exceed or surpass "overachieve" 2: excessive "overstimulation" 3: to an excessive degree "overthin"over.ab.stract over.abun.dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEND — [bend] vb bent ; bend.ing [ME, fr. OE bendan; akin to OE bend fetter--more at band] vt (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BACKWARD — [back.ward] or back.wards adv (14c) 1 a: toward the back b: with the back foremost 2. a: in a reverse …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BACKWARD — backward BrE AmE ˈbæk wəd AmE \ -w ə rd ▷ backward|ly li ▷ backward|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OVER — / ˈəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adverb , preposition , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEND — / bend; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( bent , bent / bent; NAmE /) 1. [often + …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACKWARD — / ˈbækwəd; NAmE -wərd/ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] directed or moving towards the back : She strode …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. o ‧ ver 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊvə $ ˈoʊvər/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ofer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEND — I. bend 1 S3 W3 /bend/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle bent /bent/) [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACKWARD — back ‧ ward /ˈbækwəd $ -wərd/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . [only before noun] looking or facing in the direction …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1. …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT /oʊvə(r)/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEND — ( bends, bending, bent) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACKWARD — Note: In American English, 'backward' is usually used as an adverb instead of 'backwards'. 'Backward' is also sometimes used in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEND — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bend in a river ▪ He rounded a bend in the river and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BACKWARD — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a forward/backward movement ▪ waves caused by the forward movement of the boat a step …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEND — [verb] [past:] bent - to (cause to) curveI bent down and picked up the gold necklace lying on the road. …
Cambridge English vocab
BACKWARD — [adjective]She left without a backward (= directed behind her) glance.He did a brilliant backward (= directed towards his back) somersault.(figurative …
Cambridge English vocab
BACKWARD — See: BEND OVER BACKWARD or LEAN OVER BACKWARD; FALL OVER BACKWARDS or FALL OVER ONESELF.
Slang English vocab
OVER — adj. run over run through or over all over bend over blanch over boil over bowl over check over come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BACKWARD — adj. Function: adjective 1 directed, turned, or executed backward FF1C; the backward swimming of the crayfish FF1E; Synonyms: retral, retrograde …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — I. adverb 1. from one point to another across intervening space sailed over to the island Synonyms: across, athwart, beyond, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKWARD — I. adverb Synonyms: about 6, again, around, back, in reverse, round, round about II. adjective 1. directed, turned, or executed …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKWARD — I. adj. VERBS ▪ be , seem ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ a rather ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OVER — See ↑ ABOVE 1, ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ MORE 2, ↑ ON/ON TOP OF 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
BEND — INDEX: 1. to bend something 2. to bend your body or part of your body 3. when something bends 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
OVER — adj. 25B6; preposition there will be cloud over most of the country : ABOVE, on top of, higher (up) than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKWARD — adj. 25B6; adjective a backward look : REARWARD, to/towards the rear, to/towards the back, behind one, reverse. the decision was …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — prep. 1 above, on, upon, on top of, atop (of) She spread a tarpaulin over the boat to protect it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BACKWARD — adj. 1 bashful, shy, reticent, diffident, retiring, coy, timid, unwilling, loath, chary, reluctant, averse She took him to be a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BACKWARD — See: BEND OVER BACKWARD or LEAN OVER BACKWARD; FALL OVER BACKWARDS or FALL OVER ONESELF.
Словарь английских идиом
OVER — 1. предл. 1) а) указывает на движение или нахождение над каким-л. предметом над, выше a flight over the sea ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEND — I 1. сущ. 1) сгибание; согнутое состояние horseshoe bend ≈ лошадиная подкова sharp bend ≈ крутой изгиб slight bend ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACKWARD — 1. сущ.. прошлое 2. прил. 1) обратный, направленный или повернутый назад 2) отсталый, отстающий в развитии backward children ≈ умственно …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OVER — over.ogg 1. ʹəʋvə n 1. излишек, избыток 2. приплата 3. воен. перелёт ( снаряда ) 4. спорт. серия бросков ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEND — bend.ogg _I 1. bend n 1. 1> сгиб, изгиб; кривизна; дуга bend of the arm - локтевой сгиб 2> сгибание …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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