help

help (oneself) (to something)

To serve oneself (something); to take, consume, or indulge in (something) freely or without permission or restraint. There's plenty of food in the kitchen, so please, help yourselves to more. The vagrant they had given shelter to for the night helped himself to the family's prized set of silverware. The maps at the information kiosk are free, so tourists are welcome to help themselves.
See also: help
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

help

 (someone or an animal) (get) over something
1. Lit. to aid someone or an animal climb over something. I helped him get over the wall. I helped the puppy over the barrier.
2. Fig. to aid someone or an animal recover from something. Sharon wanted to help Roger get over his illness. We try to help the families get over the loss of their loved ones.

help

oneself (to something) to take something oneself without asking permission. The thief helped himself to the money in the safe. Help yourself to more dessert.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See:
  • (it) couldn't be helped
  • a cry for help
  • a fat lot of good/help/use
  • a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
  • allow me
  • beyond help
  • Can I help you?
  • cannot help but
  • cannot help doing
  • can't be helped. and couldn't be helped
  • can't help
  • can't help (doing something)
  • can't help but (do something)
  • can't help but do
  • can't help but notice (that) (something)
  • can't help it
  • can't help noticing (that) (something)
  • can't help something
  • Could I help you?
  • couldn't help it
  • early money is like yeast(, because it helps to raise the dough)
  • every little bit helps
  • God help (one)
  • God helps them that help themselves
  • God helps those who help themselves
  • God/Heaven help somebody
  • heaven help (one)
  • Heaven help us!
  • heaven helps those who help themselves
  • help
  • help (oneself) (to something)
  • help (oneself) to
  • help (someone) along
  • help (someone) back (to some place)
  • help (someone) down (from something)
  • help (someone) get a foothold in (something)
  • help (someone) in
  • help (someone) into (something)
  • help (someone) off
  • help (someone) off with (something)
  • help (someone) on
  • help (someone) on with (something)
  • help (someone) out of a fix
  • help (someone) up (from something)
  • help a lame dog over a stile
  • help along
  • help back
  • help down
  • help get a foothold
  • help in
  • help off
  • help off with
  • help on
  • help on with
  • help oneself
  • help out
  • help out with
  • help out with (someone or something)
  • help to
  • help up
  • help with
  • help with (someone or something)
  • Help yourself
  • helpmate
  • How can I help you?
  • How else may I help you?
  • How may I help you?
  • if (one) can help it
  • it can't be helped
  • May I help you?
  • not able to help
  • not able to help it
  • not if I can help it
  • not if one can help it
  • not lift a hand to help
  • pitch in and help
  • seek professional help
  • so help me
  • so help me (God)
  • so help you (God)
  • the Lord helps those who help themselves
  • there's no help for (something)
  • there's no help for it
References in classic literature
And they not only help Tuskegee, but they are constantly seeking opportunities to help other worthy causes.
Then very few persons have any idea of the large number of applications for help that rich people are constantly being flooded with.
Up From Slavery
"We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
Not till long afterward did Polly see how much good this little effort had done her, for the first small sacrifice of this sort leads the way to others, and a single hand's turn given heartily to the world's great work helps one amazingly with one's own small tasks.
All these helped Polly as unconsciously as she helped them, for purpose and principle are the best teachers we can have, and the want of them makes half the women of America what they are, restless, aimless, frivolous, and sick.
An Old Fashioned Girl
The comrade she helped me to dealt in three sorts of craft, viz.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
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They argue that the poor are unlikely to help preserve natural resources for future generations if their basic needs are unmet.
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I help them see their own experience and communicate it in a way that could be impressive to the admission committee."
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This article describes how a faculty from education department joined forces with a librarian to build an effective teaching alliance to help students develop information literacy and complete a literature review paper for a capstone education research course.
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It's "clinically proven to help naturally regulate your digestive system in two weeks," adds the announcer.
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From both our national headquarters to our National Service Offices, from our Departments and Chapters to individual members around the country, I think I'll have all the help I need to keep the DAV the finest veterans service organization in the whole world.
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