lending a hand
Pitching in voluntarily
Lending a hand means helping someone, typically with a task requiring physical effort or extra assistance.
The image is of literally offering one's hand to aid another: Could you lend a hand moving this couch?
The phrase implies willingness and cooperation rather than obligation.
- aidingProviding assistance to
- pitching inContributing to group effort
- helpingSingle portion given
- helping outProviding voluntary assistance
- volunteeringGiving service without pay
giving back · good deed · paying it forward · assistance · guiding · service · encouraging · cooperation · contribution · reaching out · mentoring · empathizing · compassion · consoling · lifting · community · carrying · support
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- helpful phraseshappy to help, at your service, offering help, here for you, no problem
- helping outhelping, assisting, aiding, pitching in, giving
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, sharing
- benevolencealtruism, benevolence, charity work, generosity, giving
- Southern hospitalitywarm welcome, welcome, friendliness, neighborliness, good neighbor
lending a handstanding by
Ready to act
looking the other way · washing one's hands of · turning away · doing nothing · turning a blind eye
lending a handsabotaging
Deliberately undermining or destroying
hindering · obstructing · thwarting · undermining · impeding
lending a handabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
deserting · forsaking · walking away from · betraying · hanging out to dry
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