Idiom: lean over backwards

Meaning

Idiom: lean over backwards

to try very hard to do something

Example sentences

— I leaned over backwards this semester to get good grades but I didn’t improve as much as I wanted.

— To me it’s worth the expense to stay a five star hotels because they lean over backwards to make everything perfect and comfortable.

— My last cleaning lady leaned over backwards to do her job but I haven't found anyone else that committed.

— My boss expected me to lean over backwards, even on weekends so I had to quit.

— Thanks for leaning over backwards at the conference. Everyone praised your cheerfulness and hard work.

— You'll have to lean over backwards during your unpaid internship to get hired at that company.

— My son leans over backwards around the house and my daughter spends all her time looking at her phone.

— If you leaned over backwards, you'd make the team but you're too lazy.

— We leaned over backwards to make my daughter's boyfriend feel at home but he was not interested in speaking to us at all.

Synonyms

go out of the way
take great pains
go to the ends of the earth
move heaven and earth (to do something)
pull out all of the stops
spare no effort
go the extra mile
go all out
do your damnedest
go for broke
do something for all you're worth

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Idiom: lean over backwards

Meaning

Example sentences

Synonyms

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