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borne a hand

borne a hand is the past participle 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 borne a hand

What is borne a hand the past participle of?
Borne a hand is the past participle of bear a hand.

Words near borne a hand in the dictionary

  1. bornaviral
  2. bornavirus
  3. bornaviruses
  4. borne
  5. borne a grudge
  6. borne a hand
  7. borne against
  8. borne away
  9. borne away the bell
  10. borne date
  11. borne down

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