to fall backwards
21fall over backwards — or[fall over oneself] {v. phr.} To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone. * /The hotel manager fell over backwards to give the movie star everything she wanted./ * /The boys fell over themselves trying to get… …
22Backwards — Backward Back ward, Backwards Back wards, adv. [Back, adv. + ward.] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. [1913 Webster] 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. [1913 Webster] 3. On the back,… …
23fall back — Synonyms and related words: avoid, back, back down, back out, back up, backslide, beat a retreat, blench, blink, come after, come last, cringe, degenerate, deteriorate, disengage, disimprove, dodge, draw back, draw off, duck, evade, fade, fall,… …
24backwards — adv. Backwards is used with these verbs: ↑bend, ↑edge, ↑fall, ↑jerk, ↑jump, ↑lean, ↑lurch, ↑roll, ↑slide, ↑spell, ↑stagger, ↑step, ↑ …
25fall behind — Synonyms and related words: back, back up, backslide, cock, come after, come last, dawdle, drag, fall astern, fall back, follow, get behind, go back, go backwards, go behind, hang back, jerk back, lag, lag behind, lapse, linger, linger behind,… …
26fall over yourself — See: FALL OVER BACKWARDS …
27fall over yourself — See: FALL OVER BACKWARDS …
28fall\ over\ yourself — See: fall over backwards …
29fall back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fall back, you move backwards a short distance away from someone or something. [V P] He fell back in embarrassment when he saw that Ross had no hair at all... [V P from n] The congregation fell back from them slightly as… …
30fall over backwards — Go to considerable lengths (usu. to help) …
