lend a hand

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Verb

lend a hand (third-person singular simple present lends a hand, present participle lending a hand, simple past and past participle lent a hand)

1. (idiomatic) To help or assist, especially voluntarily.

   If we all lend a hand, the work will go quickly.

Related terms

• lend an ear
• lending hand
• helping hand

Translations

to help or assist

• Catalan: donar un cop de mà
• Finnish: auttaa (fi)
• German: jemandem zur Hand gehen (de)
• Italian: dare una mano
• Portuguese: dar a mão (pt), dar uma mão (pt)
• Spanish: echar una mano (es), tender una mano, echar un cable (es), echar un capote
• Swedish: ge någon en hand