lean/ bend over backwards

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As a family, they had everything - materially, anyway - and their father bent over backwards pleasing them, assuring them he loved them all.

For us to retain that work we are gonna have to bend over backwards to do what Regional Railways want.

The whole incident was a very sore point with my crew, who had worked very hard for long hours on this one, and it was a classic illustration of how our laws often seem to lean over backwards to protect the lawbreakers.

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