Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fall_over_backwards

1 sense of fall over backwards

Sense 1
fall over backwards, bend over backwards -- (try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law")
       => act, behave, do -- (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people")