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HELPING HAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does helping hand mean?
• HELPING HAND (noun)
The noun HELPING HAND has 1 sense:
1. physical assistance
Familiarity information: HELPING HAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Physical assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hand; helping hand
Context example:
give me a hand with the chores
Hypernyms ("helping hand" is a kind of...):
aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
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