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bore a hand

bore a hand is the simple past of bear a hand.

Meaning of bear a hand

Verb

bear a hand (third-person singular simple present bears a hand, present participle bearing a hand, simple past bore a hand, past participle borne a hand)

  1. (idiomatic, imperative) To make haste; to help quickly.
    • Hawkins, neither you nor I are much account at the shooting; we’ll stand by to load and bear a hand.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

Questions about bore a hand

What is bore a hand the simple past of?
Bore a hand is the simple past of bear a hand.

Words near bore a hand in the dictionary

  1. bordures
  2. Borduria
  3. Bordwellian
  4. bore
  5. bore a grudge
  6. bore a hand
  7. bore against
  8. bore away
  9. bore away the bell
  10. bore date
  11. bore down

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