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noun

  • The action of providing assistance, aid, or support to another individual, especially one in need.

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Philip, who is earnest and honest to a fault, chafes at the lie but soon realizes that he’s helping someone to live their authentic life, so he throws himself into it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Whether by giving a person directions or helping someone reach an item on a tall shelf in the grocery store, our lives are buoyed by fleeting interactions with people we don’t know.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

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other words

  • lifting others up
  • lending a hand
  • being a good samaritan
  • coming in clutch
  • doing a solid

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  • looking out for number one
  • being a bystander
  • throwing them to the wolves
  • leaving them high and dry

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