From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha helping handa helping handHELPSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANhelp and supportgive/lend/offer etc somebody a helping hand She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children. → help
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give/lend/offer etc somebody a helping hand• Britain's champion in the sport has been lending a helping hand.• Even with housed animals they normally gave their husbands a helping hand.• The Basques, romantics to a man, believed that Fate would give Biarritz a helping hand.• A few guidelines are all that is needed: Be considerate of others, give a helping hand, be safe.• The one giving the helping hand looked at me and Thorpey but that was all.• He wasn't even offering her a helping hand, she brooded.• This is often the result of inexperienced people trying to give a helping hand to get the gliders out. 