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help out

help out verb: to provide assistance.

Verb

help out (third-person singular simple present helps out, present participle helping out, simple past and past participle helped out)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To provide assistance.
    • When we moved house, the children helped out by packing their toys.
    • Could you help me out? I'm trying to find the railway station.

help out meaning in Kannada

help out in Kannada

ಸಹಾಯಮಾಡು, ನೆರವಾಗು

Forms of help out

third-person singular presenthelps out
present participlehelping out
past participlehelped out
pasthelped out

Origin of help out

Compare German aushelfen.

Questions about help out

What does help out mean?
Help out means to provide assistance.
What is help out in Kannada?
Help out in Kannada is ಸಹಾಯಮಾಡು, ನೆರವಾಗು. See Help out meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is help out?
Help out is a verb.
What is the past tense of help out?
The past tense of help out is helped out.

Words near help out in the dictionary

  1. help along
  2. help desk
  3. help desks
  4. help is on the way
  5. help oneself
  6. help out
  7. help the Halloween party
  8. help vampire
  9. help vampires
  10. help wanted
  11. help'd

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