bend over backward
俯首称臣,俯首帖耳,俯卧撑,弯腰
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Definitions
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bent or bend·ed; bend·ing.
- : to force from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- : to direct or turn in a particular direction: to bend one's energies to the task.
- : to cause to submit or yield: to bend someone to one's will.
- : to modify or relax temporarily or in certain circumstances: to bend the rules.
- : to incline mentally: bending his thoughts back toward his childhood.
- : to pull back the string of in preparation for shooting.
- : Nautical. to fasten.
- : Archaic. to strain or brace tensely.
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bent or bend·ed; bend·ing.
- : to become curved, crooked, or bent: a bow that bends easily.
- : to assume a bent posture; stoop: to bend as one walks; to bend over and pick up something.
- : to turn or incline in a particular direction; be directed: The road bent toward the south.
- : to yield or submit; give in.
- : to bow in submission or reverence: bending to one's monarch.
- : to direct one's energies: We bent to our work as the bell sounded.
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- : the act of bending.
- : something that bends; curve; crook: a bend in the road; a bend in the curtain rod.
- : Nautical. any of various loops or knots for joining the ends of two ropes or the like, or for joining the end of a rope or the like to some other object.
- : bends, Nautical. thick planking immediately below the waterways of a wooden vessel.the wales of a vessel.
- : the bends, aeroembolism.
Phrases
- bend one's elbow
- bend over backwards
- bend someone's ear
- around the bend
- crook (bend) one's elbow
- on bended knee
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Adjust the screen’s brightness and contrast for comfort, and find a chair with arm rests that allows your child to sit with knees at a 90-degree bend and feet flat on the floor.
I began to recognize the slight bends in each trail and measure distance by landmarks like couches and paint cans.
Bend, Oregon, via Central Oregon Most Oregonian visitors envision moss-covered trees and a verdantly green and dense tree canopy that lends itself to rain more than snow.
The largest, just around the bend from Cymric 1Y, started in 2003.
It covers your backside when you need to pee in the desert—every female hiker knows what it’s like to try to time a bathroom break before someone rounds the bend—and it protects you from the sun while your swimsuit dries out.
And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"
Clickbait title notwithstanding, Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!
Today, the train chugs north out of Kanchanaburi over the famous bridge before it hits a spectacular bend in the river.
“They would bend my head back, put a towel over my face and pour water over the towel,” Harrison was quoted as saying.
After acknowledging that there has been a “bend in the curve” and a reason to hope, he warned against inaction.
But there was no shadow ahead of him this night; there was no somber thing to bend down the high serenity of his happy heart.
Malcolm reined up, and soon a British officer appeared round a bend in the road.
Perry Thomas parted from us at the gate, and we stood watching his retreating figure till we lost it at the bend.
We heard Aaron Kallaberger's stentorian tones as we clattered around the bend.
The boy's knees began to bend under him, and he was reaching a long, thin arm out behind hunting for the bench.