helping along
Assisting the progress
Helping along means assisting progress or advancement, giving something a push toward completion or success.
You might help along a project by contributing resources, or help along a recovery by providing encouragement: A few kind words helped the conversation along.
The phrase suggests gentle facilitation rather than doing the work oneself.
- lending a handProviding assistance to another
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- inspiringEvoking enthusiasm or drive
- aidSupport given freely
- coachingGuiding others to improve
assistance · enabling · rescue · uplifting · cheering · spurring · streamlining · bolstering · advising · expediting · relief · nurturing · mutual aid · motivating · rooting for · steering · solidarity · provision
helping alonghindering
Creating obstacles to progress
obstructing · impeding · blocking · thwarting · hampering
helping alongneglecting
Failing to attend to
abandoning · ignoring · forsaking · washing one's hands of · disregarding
helping alongslowing down
Reducing pace or velocity
holding up · retarding · delaying · setting back · stalling
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