Help out meaning
Help out is a phrasal verb that means to help someone, especially in a difficult situation.
- Past simple
- helped out
- Past participle
- helped out
- -ing form
- helping out
What help out means
B2
To help someone, especially in a difficult situation
My parents helped us out when we were short of money.
Similar phrasal verbs
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does help out mean?
To help someone, especially in a difficult situation.
What is the past tense of help out?
Helped out, which is also its past participle.
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