LEAN OVER BACKWARD

Meaning of LEAN OVER BACKWARD in English

phrasal

: to go to the opposite extreme in order to offset a tendency

leaning over backward to offend no one — H.L.Smith b. 1913

leaned over backward … to avoid the appearance of favoritism — Nation

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LEAN OVER BACKWARD — phrasal see: bend over backward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEAN OVER BACKWARD — see bend over backward I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAN OVER BACKWARD — See: BEND OVER BACKWARD.
Slang English vocab
LEAN OVER BACKWARD — See: BEND OVER BACKWARD. {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite …
Словарь английских идиом
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
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
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BACKWARD — I. ˈbakwə(r)d adverb or back·wards -dz Etymology: Middle English bakward, bakwardes, from bak back + -ward, -wardes 1. a. : …
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LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used …
Английский словарь Webster
BACKWARD — (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
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BACKWARD — (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
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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.
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LEAN — ( v. i. ) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
LEAN — lean 1 /leen/ , v. , leaned or ( esp. Brit. ) leant; leaning; n. v.i. 1. to incline or …
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
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; lean·ing ˈlē-niŋ) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; …
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
LEAN — noun unremunerative copy or work. 2. lean ·vt to conceal. 3. lean ·noun that part of flesh which consist principally …
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 …
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OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
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LEAN — [lean] vb leaned ; lean.ing [ME lenen, fr. OE hleonian; akin to OHG hlinen to lean, Gk klinein, L clinare] …
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BACKWARD — [back.ward] or back.wards adv (14c) 1 a: toward the back b: with the back foremost 2. a: in a reverse …
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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
LEAN — / liːn; NAmE / verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( leaned , leaned ) ( BrE also leant …
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
LEAN — I. lean 1 S3 /liːn/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle leaned or leant /lent/ especially British …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACKWARD — back ‧ ward /ˈbækwəd $ -wərd/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . [only before noun] looking or facing in the direction …
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OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
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OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
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
LEAN — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1. intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, …
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
LEAN — ( leans, leaning, leaned, leant, leaner, leanest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
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 …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lean back in your chair ▪ He leant back in his chair and took …
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
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
LEAN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
LEAN — I. verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually , comfortably , lazily , nonchalantly ▪ Kate ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
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
LEAN — n. 25B6; adjective a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky. a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, …
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
LEAN — v. 1 rest (against or on or upon), be held up or supported by She leant her head on his …
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