bend over

bend over (third-person singular simple present bends over, present participle bending over, simple past and past participle bent over)

1. (intransitive) To bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.

   Troponyms: buckle over < double over

   I had to bend over to see all the way down there.

2. (intransitive) To submit to.

   You really bend over when the boss comes calling, don't you?

• stoop

• bend over backwards

• overbend