lend\ a\ hand

lend\ a\ hand
• give a hand
• bear a hand
v. phr.
To give help; make yourself useful; help.

The stage manager asked some of the boys to lend a hand with the scenery.

Dick saw a woman with a flat tire and offered to give her a hand with it.

Compare: lift a finger

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