"farsi in quattro" meaning in Italian

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      "form": "mi fàccio in quattro",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "mi féci in quattro",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "fàtto in quattro",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mi facévo in quattro",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "fàtti in quattro",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 19, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:",
          "text": "Era gente che sgobbava nell'anonimato, facendosi in quattro per trovare i soldi necessari a tenere a galla le organizzazioni e che raramente aveva l'occasione di viaggiare lontano dalla propria città natale, tanto meno su invito di un presidente degli Stati Uniti.",
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        "to go out of one's way; to bend over backwards"
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        "(idiomatic) to go out of one's way; to bend over backwards"
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          "word": "fare l'impossibile"
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          "word": "darsi pena"
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  "word": "farsi in quattro"
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      "form": "fàtto in quattro",
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        "past"
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      "form": "mi facévo in quattro",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fàtti in quattro",
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        "singular"
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          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 19, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:",
          "text": "Era gente che sgobbava nell'anonimato, facendosi in quattro per trovare i soldi necessari a tenere a galla le organizzazioni e che raramente aveva l'occasione di viaggiare lontano dalla propria città natale, tanto meno su invito di un presidente degli Stati Uniti.",
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        "(idiomatic) to go out of one's way; to bend over backwards"
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          "word": "fare l'impossibile"
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          "word": "darsi pena"
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  "word": "farsi in quattro"
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