backward

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BEND OVER BACKWARD or LEAN OVER BACKWARD;

FALL OVER BACKWARDS or FALL OVER ONESELF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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bend over backward

[bend over backward] or [lean over backward] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lean over backward

[lean over backward] See: [BEND OVER BACKWARD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

backward and forward

[backward and forward] or [backwards and forwards] {adv. phr.} To the full extent; in all details; thoroughly; completely. * /He understood automobile engines backwards and forwards./ * /He knew basketball […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in reverse

[in reverse] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} In a backward direction; backward. * /John hit the tree behind him when he put the car in reverse without looking first./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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