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Definition of Help out
1. Verb. Be of help, as in a particular situation of need. "Can you help out tonight with the dinner guests?"
Definition of Help out
1. Verb. To provide additional assistance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Help Out
Literary usage of Help out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Garth. their care that the actors should help out where Some, wanting the talent
to write, made it HILP. //. s. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... and fast line between complete and incomplete ; but the closer comparative
study of early stages will unquestionably help out our future classification. ..."
3. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"At The Door, young people are encouraged to help out; their contributions ...
"I would like to help out any way I can." "By starting out in your program and ..."
4. A Treatise on Criminal Pleading and Practice by Francis Wharton (1889)
"... may be discharged as surplusage if unnecessary, it may be sometimes employed
to help out an otherwise defec- tive allegation of guilty knowledge.13 XV. ..."
5. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"I told you I was sick and had to get a girl to help out — what with Susie visiting
and all," ... help out! My lord! help out! What's her name — Beth Sheba? ..."
6. Human Radiation Experiments: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"And we also knew about the Russians, the Cold War, and we wanted to help out.
I also knew about the atomic bombs being dropped during the world war. ..."
7. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"The point is, as I understand it, that the charging current will help out the
generators but not the line. Clarence L. Cory: It ought to help out both. ..."
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