a helping hand

noun

: help or assistance
I'm always willing to lend/give a helping hand.

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Rain could be on its way that has the potential to give firefighters a helping hand with putting out the flames, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026 She was lent a helping hand by her sister-in-law — and the experience brought them closer together. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026 Get a helping hand The idea of expertise has fallen out of favor in some quarters. Jeffrey A. Lee, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026 New research suggests that supermassive black holes that existed before the cosmos was 1 billion years old may have formed with a helping hand from dark matter, the universe's most mysterious stuff. Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for a helping hand

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“A helping hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20helping%20hand. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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