lend a hand
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Mike Holmes, the Canadian host of a reality TV home-improvement show, once even offered to lend a hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He added the response to a call-out for volunteers to lend a hand had been good.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
When Jennifer Arnold learned one of her neighbors in the midwestern city of Minneapolis had been arrested by immigration authorities late last year, she reached out to lend a hand.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
He wanted to lend a hand as she underwent treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
All the campesinos had run off, and there wasn’t a neighbor willing to lend a hand.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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