help out

verb

helped out; helping out; helps out

: to do something so another person's job or task is easier

I can't do this myself. Won't someone please help me out?

I sometimes help out in the kitchen.

Examples of help out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Thompson, who worked part-time at Tuesday’s in the 1970s, also will help out. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026

With the school year coming to an end next week, García said her son had been looking forward to helping out on a remodeling project. —Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026

Those helping out include divers from several nations who took part in the complicated 2018 rescue in northern Thailand of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who were trapped for more than two weeks in a cave before being safely extricated. —ABC News, 27 May 2026

What’s especially concerning is that the Rockies’ pitching prospects seem a long way away from helping out. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 May 2026

Rhymes for help out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout