__ over backwards (try hard) (4)

I believe the answer is:

bend

(Other definitions for bend that I've seen before include "It may be sinister" , "Stoop; (heraldic) stripe" , "Turn, flex" , "Influence, bow" , "Crouch" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com and the Newsday.

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