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lend a hand

Idioms  

  1. Also, lend a helping hand. Be of assistance, as in Can you lend them a hand with putting up the flag, or Peter is always willing to lend a helping hand around the house. [Late 1500s]

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But she will not be roping in her mum, Liz, to help out despite the former world 10,000m champion being desperate to step in and lend a hand.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Members of the Sunrise Church in Rialto, who had shown up to lend a hand, were carrying out bucket after bucket.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

Next to Bordet was Nour-Eddine Skiker, head of the "Jalons pour la paix" association, some of whose volunteers came with a local youth council group to lend a hand.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

Almost all lend a hand on an ongoing basis, whether contributing to savings accounts, setting up trusts or defraying the costs of college tuition, medical bills and other expenses.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

I went over myself to lend a hand.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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