Usually means: Exert extreme effort to please.
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  1. fall over backwards: Collins English Dictionary
  2. fall over backwards: Vocabulary.com
  3. fall over backwards: Dictionary.com
  4. fall over backwards: Rhymezone
  5. fall over backwards: FreeDictionary.org
  6. fall over backwards: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. fall over backwards: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fall over backwards: Idioms

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verb:  try very hard to please someone


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