Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bent over backwards

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
ben-t over back-wards
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does bent over backwards mean?
simple past and past participle of bend over backwards

How to pronounce bent over backwards

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