"lend a hand" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lend a hand.ogg Forms: lends a hand [present, singular, third-person], lending a hand [participle, present], lent a hand [participle, past], lent a hand [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lend<,,lent> a hand}} lend a hand (third-person singular simple present lends a hand, present participle lending a hand, simple past and past participle lent a hand)
  1. (idiomatic) To help or assist, especially voluntarily. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: lend an ear, lending hand, helping hand Translations (to help or assist): donar un cop de mà (Catalan), auttaa (Finnish), jemandem zur Hand gehen (German), dare una mano (Italian), dar a mão (Portuguese), dar uma mão (Portuguese), echar una mano (Spanish), tender una mano (Spanish), echar un cable (Spanish), echar un capote (Spanish), ge någon en hand (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to help or assist",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to help or assist",
          "word": "echar una mano"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to help or assist",
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to help or assist",
          "word": "echar un cable"
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          "sense": "to help or assist",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "donar un cop de mà"
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      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "auttaa"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "jemandem zur Hand gehen"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "dare una mano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "dar a mão"
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      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "dar uma mão"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "echar una mano"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "tender una mano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "echar un cable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "echar un capote"
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      "sense": "to help or assist",
      "word": "ge någon en hand"
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