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bend over, bend forward VB intr

sich acc vorbeugen

Phrases:

to bend over backwards

sich dat die allergrößte Mühe geben

to bend over backwards

sich acc überschlagen fig inf

to bend over backwards

sich die Haxen ausreißen A inf

to bend over backwards

sich ein Bein ausreissen CH inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bend over backwards

sich die Haxen ausreißen A inf

to bend [or lean] over backwards

sich dat ein Bein ausreißen [o. A Haxen ausreißen] CH inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He was the first wicket-keeper to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist. en.wikipedia.org

The most flexible skaters can bend over almost completely backward. en.wikipedia.org

This requires the user to bend over at the waist with every swing. en.wikipedia.org

About 20 strong rounded axial ribs cross the whorls, and bend over into the suture, and disappear on the base. en.wikipedia.org

But, as they mature, they bend over and collapse with only the panicles standing upright. en.wikipedia.org

The student may be ordered to bend over a chair or desk and, in that position, receive the prescribed number of strokes of the paddle. en.wikipedia.org

Alternatively, the child might be told to bend over, or lie face down across a bed. en.wikipedia.org

The spines bend over and flatten, as well. en.wikipedia.org

During the excavations a large sand bar was uncovered where sand had accumulated at the bend over hundreds of years and made a sandy beach. en.wikipedia.org

A ro-langs can not speak or bend over, it signals its victims by wagging its tongue back and forth. en.wikipedia.org

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