"helping hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-helping hand.ogg [Australia] Forms: helping hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} helping hand (plural helping hands)
  1. (idiomatic) Any assistance, help or aid. Tags: idiomatic Translations (any assistance, help or aid): cop de mà [masculine] (Catalan), auttava käsi (Finnish), kolmas käsi (english: tool) (Finnish), coup de pouce [masculine] (French), coup de main [masculine] (French), segítő kéz (Hungarian), hjálparhönd [feminine] (Icelandic), rétta hjálparhönd (english: lend a helping hand) (Icelandic), leggja hönd á plóg (english: give a helping hand) (Icelandic), leggja hönd á plóg (Icelandic), lámh chuidithe [feminine] (Irish), lámh chúnta [feminine] (Irish), pomocna dłoń [feminine] (Polish), handtag [neuter] (Swedish), hjälpande hand [common-gender] (Swedish), help llaw [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-helping_hand-en-noun-GeICUecJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Thanks for lending a helping hand to the project."
        }
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        "(idiomatic) Any assistance, help or aid."
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cop de mà"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "word": "auttava käsi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "tool",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "word": "kolmas käsi"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "code": "fr",
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          ],
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "word": "segítő kéz"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "is",
          "english": "lend a helping hand",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "word": "rétta hjálparhönd"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "english": "give a helping hand",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "word": "leggja hönd á plóg"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "word": "leggja hönd á plóg"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
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          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "handtag"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "hjälpande hand"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "help llaw"
        }
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          "text": "Thanks for lending a helping hand to the project."
        }
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      ],
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      ],
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      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cop de mà"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "word": "auttava käsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "tool",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "word": "kolmas käsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coup de pouce"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coup de main"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "word": "segítő kéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hjálparhönd"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "lend a helping hand",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "word": "rétta hjálparhönd"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "give a helping hand",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "word": "leggja hönd á plóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "word": "leggja hönd á plóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lámh chuidithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lámh chúnta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pomocna dłoń"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handtag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hjälpande hand"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any assistance, help or aid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "help llaw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "helping hand"
}

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