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helped out

helped out is the simple past and past participle of help out.

Meaning of help out

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.

Questions about helped out

What is helped out the simple past and past participle of?
Helped out is the simple past and past participle of help out.

Words near helped out in the dictionary

  1. helpe
  2. helped
  3. helped a lame dog over a stile
  4. helped along
  5. helped oneself
  6. helped out
  7. helpedst
  8. helpee
  9. helpees
  10. helpefull
  11. helpelesse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: helped out (page history and authors); help out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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