lend a hand
lend (one) a hand
To help one; to give one assistance. If you lend me a hand, I can get this done much faster. Lend your mother a hand in the kitchen, will you?
See also: hand, lend
lend a hand
To help. A noun or pronoun can be used between "lend" and "a." If you can lend a hand, we could use some more help in the kitchen. Lend your mother a hand in the kitchen, will you?
See also: hand, lend
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
lend (someone) a hand
and lend a hand (to someone)Fig. to give someone some help, not necessarily with the hands. Could you lend me a hand with this piano? I need to move it across the room. Could you lend a hand with this math assignment? I'd be happy to lend a hand.
See also: hand, lend
lend a hand
(to someone) Go to lend (someone) a hand.
See also: hand, lend
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
lend a hand
Also, lend a helping hand. Be of assistance, as in Can you lend them a hand with putting up the flag, or Peter is always willing to lend a helping hand around the house. [Late 1500s]
See also: hand, lend
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
lend (somebody) a ˈhand (with something)
help somebody (to do something): I saw two men pushing a broken-down car along the road so I stopped to lend them a hand. She stayed with us for three weeks and didn’t once lend a hand with the housework!See also: hand, lend
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
lend a hand
To be of assistance.
See also: hand, lend
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- lend (one) a hand
- lend (someone) a hand
- lend a hand to (one)
- hand in hand
- bear a hand
- go hand in hand
- have (something) in hand
- have in hand
- give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
- in hand