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Definition: Help Out |
Help OutVerb1. Be of help, as in a particular situation of need; "Can you help out tonight?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Help Out |
| English words defined with "help out": cover. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What good is a trailerite if not to help out another trailerite (The Long, Long Trailer; writing credit: Clinton Twiss; Albert Hackett) Grace, I have to go to Guatamala to help out some doctors down there (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Lyrics | Easy to help out (Easy to Be Hard; performing artist: Three Dog Night) They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese (Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: Warren Zevon & David Lindell c. 1976 Zevon Music, BMI) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Mrs. D'Achioli and her sister. They run a truck farm and are FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients. There are fourteen in the family, some of whom help out by working in the mills. Johnston, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In return, the British promised to protect the Trucial Coast from all aggression by sea and to help out in case of land attack. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ecuador | In rural areas, young children often must leave school at an early age to help out on the family's plot of land. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Trent Lott | I wouldn't even say the lion's share. I think that some other countries around the world that have not gone out there on the point are going to have to weigh in and help out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "help out": To help out. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "help out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ndihmoj (administer, advance, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, bestead, chip in, contribute, facilitate, further, give a hand, help, lend a hand, make for, meet halfway, pander, promote, relieve, subserve, succor, succour, support, take effect, tide over), i jap një dorë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مد بيد المساعدة, ساعده على انجاز. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | помагам да се справи, помагам да изнесе нещо, помагам да излезе, изваждам от затруднение (disembarrass). (various references) | |
Chinese | 救濟 (help out in a disaster with cash or goods; relieve). (various references) | |
Czech | vypomoci. (various references) | |
French | venir en aide, donner un coup de main. (various references) | |
German | aushelfen (to help out). (various references) | |
Greek | βοηθώ (aid, assist, be of assistance, befriend, help, help along, lend a hand, succor, succour). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"ושיט עזר". (various references) | |
Hungarian | kisegít valakit (pinch-hit), kijavít valakit. (various references) | |
Italian | aiutare uscire. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 救う (to help out of, to rescue from). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たすけ す (to extricate, to help out of), すくう (to build, to hang out, to haunt, to help out of, to ladle out, to rescue from, to scoop). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elphay outay.(various references) | |
Russian | выручить, вывести из затруднения. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pomoći da iziđe, pomoći (assist, avail, bale out, give a hand, help, stand by, succor, succour, tide, tide over). (various references) | |
Spanish | ayudar (abet, accomodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, boost, dole, Favor, favour, help, help along, help smb. out, lean, lend a hand, pull up, subserve, support, tide over). (various references) | |
Swedish | hjälpa ut. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | виручити. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-l-o-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tupelo. | |
-2 letters: helot, hotel, letup, loupe, ouphe, poult, thole, tophe. | |
-3 letters: helo, help, hole, holp, holt, hope, lept, lope, loth, loup, lout, lute, ouph, pelt, phot, phut, plot, poet, pole, pout, pule, thou, tole, tolu, tope, toph, tule. | |
-4 letters: eth, hep, het, hoe, hop, hot, hue, hup, hut, let, leu, lop, lot, ole, ope. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-l-o-p-t-u" | |
+2 letters: turophile, upholster. | |
+3 letters: houseplant, neutrophil, pilothouse, turophiles, upholsters, upholstery. | |
+4 letters: autocephaly, houseplants, neutrophils, patchoulies, pilothouses, reupholster, upholstered, upholsterer. | |
+5 letters: exophthalmus, heteroduplex, luteotrophic, luteotrophin, neutrophilic, photonuclear, polyanthuses, polyurethane, prothalluses, reupholsters, thermocouple, upholsterers, upholsteries, upholstering. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Spoken 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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