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fall over backwards
verb as in bend over backwards
Example Sentences
One Rugby World Cup winner - Joel Stransky - said he would "fall over backwards" in shock if South Africa lose.
You can never be 100% sure but I will fall over backwards if either South Africa or New Zealand lose in the semi-finals.
"His wish was everyone's command, and people were literally falling over backwards just to please him," she adds.
The Buffalo video shows a 75-year-old man approach police officers enforcing a curfew, who then move forward pushing him back, causing him to fall over backwards and hit his head.
Half the time he jerked so hard that he fell over backwards.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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