"help out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: helps out [present, singular, third-person], helping out [participle, present], helped out [participle, past], helped out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} help out (third-person singular simple present helps out, present participle helping out, simple past and past participle helped out)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To provide assistance. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (provide assistance): dépanner (French), axudar (Galician), asesorar (Galician), aushelfen (German), essere d'aiuto (Italian), izlīdzēt (Latvian), pomóc (Polish), ställa upp (Swedish), stötta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-help_out-en-verb-~oRNWSN- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for help out meaning in English (2.0kB)

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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "provide assistance",
          "word": "axudar"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "provide assistance",
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          "sense": "provide assistance",
          "word": "essere d'aiuto"
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          "sense": "provide assistance",
          "word": "izlīdzēt"
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          "sense": "provide assistance",
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          "sense": "provide assistance",
          "word": "ställa upp"
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      "sense": "provide assistance",
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      "sense": "provide assistance",
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      "sense": "provide assistance",
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