Idiom
lend a hand
Meaning
To help or assist, especially voluntarily.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Could you lend a hand with these heavy boxes?”
“My neighbor saw me struggling with the garden and offered to lend a hand for an hour.”
“The community gathered to lend a hand to those who had lost their homes in the storm, demonstrating remarkable solidarity in a time of crisis.”
Examples
simple
“Could you lend a hand with these heavy boxes?”
contextual
“My neighbor saw me struggling with the garden and offered to lend a hand for an hour.”
complex
“The community gathered to lend a hand to those who had lost their homes in the storm, demonstrating remarkable solidarity in a time of crisis.”
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