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Help Out

Definition: Help Out

Help Out

Verb

1. 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)

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Modern Usage: Help Out

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Help Out

ThumbnailDescription & 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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Help Out

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Help Out

SpeakerPhrase(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.

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Expression: Help Out

Expression using "help out": To help out. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Help Out

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.

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Anagrams: Help Out

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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