Idiom
bear a hand
Meaning
To make haste; to help quickly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please bear a hand with these heavy boxes.”
“We need to finish packing before the truck arrives, so please bear a hand and help us move these bags.”
“As the storm approached the harbor, the captain ordered the crew to bear a hand and secure the sails before the winds grew too strong.”
Examples
simple
“Please bear a hand with these heavy boxes.”
contextual
“We need to finish packing before the truck arrives, so please bear a hand and help us move these bags.”
complex
“As the storm approached the harbor, the captain ordered the crew to bear a hand and secure the sails before the winds grew too strong.”
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