I need your help

Request for aid

A direct request for assistance, typically signaling that a task or problem exceeds what the speaker can handle alone.

The phrase often opens a conversation or marks a shift to serious matters: I need your help—can we talk?

It implies trust in the person addressed and urgency in the situation.

Related

call · reach out · vulnerability · trust · interdependence · humility · assistance · courage · hope · hand · reach · communication · in over my head · desperation · empathy · lend a hand · reliance · guidance

Opposites
self-sufficiency

I need your helpleave me alone

Demand for solitude

back off · mind your own business

requesting vs. offering

I need your helpallow me

Offer to help

Family

need, needs, needed, needing, needy, needful, needless, needlessly, your

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G