Meanings
verbhelp out (third-person singular simple present helps out, present participle helping out, simple past and past participle helped out)
present singular third person helps out · participle present helping out · participle past helped out · past helped out
- intransitivetransitiveTo provide assistance.
Could you help me out? I'm trying to find the railway station.
1 more example
When we moved house, the children helped out by packing their toys.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Compare German aushelfen.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French dépanner
- dépannerprovide assistance
German aushelfen
- aushelfenprovide assistance
Italian essere d'aiuto
- essere d'aiutoprovide assistance
Latvian izlīdzēt
- izlīdzētprovide assistance
Polish pomóc
- pomócprovide assistance
Swedish ställa upp, stötta
- ställa uppprovide assistance
- stöttaprovide assistance
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APA
help out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/help%20out
MLA
“help out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/help%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “help out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/help%20out.
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