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help out

verb

  1. to assist or aid (someone), esp by sharing the burden
  2. to share the burden or cost of something with (another person)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Give additional assistance, as in I offered to help out with the holiday rush at the store . [Early 1600s]
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“They need a few pieces and I feel like I’m one of those pieces that can help out.”

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Fans began showing up days in advance, asking theater staff if they could help out with the event.

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An instruction sheet for the game is placed on every table, and the founders walk around the room to help out and answer questions as well.

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"Where we can help people out, we should help out," said Haroon Hassan, who was collecting bin bags from residents and carrying them to a mobile waste centre in Small Heath on Tuesday.

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But when asked about how people will cope, ministers are inevitably pointing to this increase as evidence of how the government is helping out.

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