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help verb [ hɛlp ]

• make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.
• "they helped her with domestic chores"
Similar: assist, aid, help out, lend a hand to, lend a helping hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of, succour, aid and abet, be of service to, be of use to, be useful to, do someone a favour, do someone a service, do someone a good turn, bail/bale someone out, come to someone's rescue, give someone a leg up, cooperate with, do one's bit for, rally round, pitch in, chip in, save someone's bacon, save someone's skin, muck in with, get stuck in with,
Opposite: hinder,
• serve someone with (food or drink).
• "may I help you to some more meat?"
• cannot or could not avoid.
• "he couldn't help laughing"
Similar: be unable to stop, be unable to refrain from, be unable to keep from, be unable to forbear from,

help noun

• the action of helping someone to do something.
• "I asked for help from my neighbours"
Similar: assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance, solution, benefit, use, advantage, service, comfort, avail, cooperation, collaboration, backing, encouragement, a shot in the arm,
Opposite: hindrance,

help exclamation

• used as an appeal for urgent assistance.
• "Help! I'm drowning!"
Origin: Old English helpan (verb), help (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen .

a helping hand

• assistance.
"she was always ready to lend a helping hand"

so help me

• used to emphasize that one means what one is saying.
"if you don't get out, so help me I'll let you have it"

there is no help for it

• there is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation.
"we'll be up all night but there's no help for it"

help out

• give one's services or resources to make it easier for someone to do something.
"the teenager helped out in the corner shop"



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