help out
phrasal 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.
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Sixteen passengers were helped out of the other cable car that was stuck mid-air near the foot of the mountain following the incident.
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FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Upson took an interest in volunteering for PTA and helping out as a room mom and art assistant while her three children – sons ages 17 and 20 and a daughter age 14 – attended Morning Creek Elementary School in Sabre Springs.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
But when their Voyage To The Blue Album tour wrapped up in Los Angeles back in October 2024, actor Ben Schwartz asked the crowd to help out with a movie shoot.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
It’s meant to ease trade and help out consumers, Clark Packard, a trade policy research fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, previously told CNN.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Upson took an interest in volunteering for PTA and helping out as a room mom and art assistant while her three children – sons ages 17 and 20 and a daughter age 14 – attended Morning Creek Elementary School in Sabre Springs.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
But when their Voyage To The Blue Album tour wrapped up in Los Angeles back in October 2024, actor Ben Schwartz asked the crowd to help out with a movie shoot.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
It’s meant to ease trade and help out consumers, Clark Packard, a trade policy research fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, previously told CNN.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for help out
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“Help out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20out. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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