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hard ["hard] 1. adj. firm; solid; not
soft. (Comp: harder; sup: hardest.)
2. adj. difficult; not easy to do.
(Comp: harder; sup: hardest.)
3. adj. severe; harsh; demanding.
(Comp: harder; sup: hardest.)
4. adj. forceful; violent; not gentle.
(Comp: harder; sup: hardest.)
5. adj. [of water] having a high
mineral content. (Comp: harder;
sup: hardest.)
6. adv. with great
force or energy. (Comp: harder;
sup: hardest.)
→
(as) hard as nails
→ between a rock and a hard place
→ drive a hard bargain
→ hit
someone
hard
hard of hearing [of someone]
unable to hear well; [of someone]
partially deaf.
hard on
someone’s
heels follow-
ing someone very closely; follow-
ing very closely to someone’s heels.
a
hard-and-fast rule a strict rule.

hardly ["hard li] adv. barely; almost
not at all.
hardly have time to think so
busy that one can hardly think
properly; very busy.
hardware ["hard wEr] 1. n. tools,
nails, screws, door handles, elec-
trical supplies, brackets, buckets,
utensils, and similar things used in
building and maintenance. (No
plural form.)
2. n. computer
equipment; the machinery of a
computer, as opposed to software
programs. (No plural form.)
hare ["he #] n. an animal, such as
the jackrabbit, that is very similar
to a rabbit, but larger.
→
(as) mad as a March hare
harm ["harm] 1. n. mental or physi-
cal damage to someone or some-
thing. (No plural.)
2. tv. to
damage someone or something.
harmful ["harm fUl] adj. causing
damage or harm to someone or
something. (Adv: harmfully.)
harmony ["har m@ ni] 1. n. the
effect of different musical notes

that are played or sung together,
creating a pleasant sound. (Plural
only for types and instances.)
2. n.
agreement; peace. (No plural. Fig-
urative on Q.)
harp ["harp] n. a musical instru-
ment having strings attached to a
frame of wood.
harp on
someone or something
to
keep talking about someone or
something until everyone is tired
of hearing about it. (Informal.)
harsh ["harS] 1. adj. rough;
unpleasant to look at or listen to;
unpleasant to touch, taste, or
smell. (Adv: harshly. Comp:
harsher; sup: harshest.)
2. adj.
mean; cruel; severe. (Adv: harshly.
Comp: harsher; sup: harshest.)
harvest ["har v@st] 1. n. the gather-
ing of a crop of grain, fiber, fruit,
vegetables, etc.
2. n. the total
amount of grain, fiber, fruit, or
vegetables produced in an area.
3. tv. to collect a crop of grain,

fiber, fruit, or vegetables when it is
ready.
has ["hAz] 1. tv. the present-tense
form of
have used for the third-
person singular, that is, with he,
she, it, and singular nouns.
2. aux.
the present-tense form of
have T
used for the third-person singular,
hard
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that is, with he, she, it, and singu-
lar nouns, in forming the present
perfect verb form. (Used before
the past participle of a verb.
Reduced to ’s in contractions.)
hash
something
over (with
some-
one
) to discuss something with
someone.
hat ["hAt] n. an article of clothing
shaped to cover the head.
→

at the drop of a hat
→ be old hat
→ eat
one’s
hat
→ hang
one’s
hat up
somewhere
→ keep
something
under
one’s
hat
→ pass the hat
→ pull
something
out of a hat
→ talk through
one’s
hat
→ toss
one’s
hat into the ring
→ wear more than one hat
hatch ["hAtS] 1. n. an opening in a
wall, ceiling, or floor.
2. iv. [for a
baby bird or reptile] to break an
eggshell from the inside and come

out.
→
count
one’s
chickens before they
hatch
hatchet ["hAtS It] n. a short axe.
→
bury the hatchet
hate ["het] 1. n. intense dislike. (No
plural.)
2. tv. to dislike someone
or something intensely.
→
one’s
pet hate
hate
someone’s
guts to hate some-
one very much. (Informal and
rude.)
hate to
do something
to strongly
dislike doing something.
haul ["hOl] 1. tv. to carry some-
thing, using force; to drag some-
thing heavy.
2. tv. to carry or bring
someone or something by truck or

other vehicle.
3. n. an instance of
traveling from one place to
another, and the distance, time, or
effort involved.
→
over the long haul
→ over the short haul
haul
someone
in [for an officer of
the law] to take someone to the
police station.
haul
someone
over the coals Go
to
rake
someone
over the coals.
have ["hAv] 1. tv., irreg. to own
something; to possess something;
to possess a quality. (Past tense
and past participle:
had; in the
present tense, the third-person
singular form is
has.) 2. tv., irreg.
to undergo something; [for some-
thing] to happen to oneself; to

experience something.
3. tv., irreg.
to eat or drink something; to con-
sume something.
4. tv., irreg. to
cause something to be done; to
cause someone or something to do
something.
5. aux. a verb that is
used to form the
perfect verb
forms, which show that an action
is completed. (Used before the
past participle of a verb.)
→
as luck would have it
→ chickens have come home to
roost
→ eat
one’s
cake and have it too
→ hardly have time to think
→ not have a leg to stand on
→ should have stood in bed
→ Walls have ears.
→ would like (to have)
have a bee in
one’s
bonnet to
have an idea or a thought remain

in one’s mind; to have an obses-
sion.
have a big mouth to be a gossiper;
to be a person who tells secrets.
have a bone to pick (with
some-
one
) to have a matter to discuss
have a bone to pick (with someone)
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with someone; to have something
to argue about with someone.
have a chip on
one’s
shoulder to
be tempting someone to an argu-
ment or a fight.
have a (close) brush with
some-
thing
to have a brief contact with
something; to have an experience
with something.
have a close call Go to have a
close shave.
have a close shave and have a
close call to have a narrow
escape from something dangerous.

(Also with be.)
have a familiar ring [for a story or
an explanation] to sound familiar.
have a foot in both camps to
have an interest in or to support
each of two opposing groups of
people.
have a frog in
one’s
throat to
have a feeling of not being able to
speak because of a lump in one’s
throat or as if it were sore. (Also
with get.)
have a good head on
one’s
shoulders to have common
sense; to be sensible and intelli-
gent.
have a green thumb to have the
ability to grow plants well.
have a handle on
something
and
get a handle on
something
to
have or get control of something;
to have or get an understanding of
something.

have a head for
something
have
the mental capacity for something.
have a heart to be compassionate;
to be generous and forgiving.
have a heart of gold to be gener-
ous, sincere, and friendly.
have a heart of stone to be cold,
unfeeling, and unfriendly.
have a hold on
someone
to have a
strong and secure influence on
someone.
have a keen interest in
some-
thing
to have a strong interest in
something; to be very interested in
something.
have a look for
someone or some-
thing
Go to take a look for
someone
or something
.
have a lot going (for
one

) to have
many things working to one’s ben-
efit.
have a low boiling point to anger
easily.
have a nose for
something
to have
the talent for finding something.
have a one-track mind to have a
mind that thinks entirely or
almost entirely about one subject,
especially sex.
have a peep and take a peep to
look quickly, sometimes through a
small hole.
have a price on
one’s
head to be
wanted by the authorities, who
have offered a reward for one’s
capture.
have a run of
something
a contin-
uous series of events.
have a run-in with
someone
to
have an unpleasant and trouble-

some encounter with someone.
have a scrape (with
someone or
something
) to come into contact
with someone or something; to
have a chip on one’s shoulder
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have a small battle with someone
or something.
have a soft spot in
one’s
heart
for
someone or something
to be
fond of someone or something.
have a sweet tooth to desire to
eat many sweet foods—especially
candy and pastries. (As if a certain
tooth had a craving for sweets.)
have a taste for
something
a
desire for a particular food, drink,
or experience.
have a vested interest in
some-

thing
to have a personal or biased
interest, often financial, in some-
thing.
have a weakness for
someone or
something
to be unable to resist
someone or something; to be fond
of someone or something; to be
(figuratively) powerless against
someone or something.
have an ax to grind to have some-
thing to complain about.
have an ear for
something
to have
the ability to learn music or lan-
guages.
have an in (with
someone
) to
have a way to request a special
favor from someone; to have
influence with someone. (The in
is a noun.)
have an itch for
something
to have
a desire for something.

have an itch to
do something
to
have a desire to do something.
have an itching palm Go to have
an itchy palm.
have an itchy palm and have an
itching palm
to be in need of a
tip; to tend to ask for tips; to crave
money. (As if placing money in the
palm would stop the itching.)
have arrived to reach a position of
power, authority, or prominence.
have bearing on
something
to
have an effect or influence on
something.
have clean hands to be guiltless.
(As if the guilty person would
have bloody hands.)
have egg on
one’s
face to be
embarrassed because of an error
that is obvious to everyone.
have eyes bigger than
one’s
stomach to have a desire for

more food than one could possibly
eat.
have eyes in the back of
one’s
head to seem to be able to sense
what is going on outside of one’s
range of vision. (Not literal.)
have feet of clay [for a strong per-
son] to have a defect of character.
have foot-in-mouth disease to
embarrass oneself through a silly
verbal blunder; to put one’s foot in
one’s mouth (not literally) a lot.
have got
something
to have some-
thing; to possess something. (Used
only with the present tense of
have
T, as with have got or has got.)
have got to
do something
to be
obliged to do something; must do
something. (Used only with the
present tense of
have T, as with
have got to or has got to.)
have had its day to no longer be
useful or successful.

have it out (with
someone
) to set-
tle something with someone by
fighting or arguing.
have it out (with someone)
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have mixed feelings (about
someone or something
) to be
uncertain about someone or
something.
have money to burn to have lots
of money; to have more money
than one needs; to have enough
money that some can be wasted.
have
one’s
back to the wall to be
in a defensive position.
have
one’s
cake and eat it too
and eat
one’s
cake and have it
too to enjoy both having some-
thing and using it up.

have
one’s
ear to the ground and
keep
one’s
ear to the ground to
listen carefully, hoping to get
warning of something.
have
one’s
finger in the pie to be
involved in something.
have
one’s
finger in too many
pies to be involved in too many
things; to have too many tasks
going to be able to do any of them
well.
have
one’s
hand in the till to be
stealing money from a company or
an organization. (The till is a cash
box or drawer.)
have
one’s
hands full (with
some-
one or something

) to be busy or
totally occupied with someone or
something.
have
one’s
hands tied to be pre-
vented from doing something.
(Figurative.)
have
one’s
head in the clouds to
be unaware of what is going on.
have
one’s
heart in
one’s
mouth
to feel strongly emotional about
someone or something.
have
one’s
heart set on
something
to be desiring and expecting some-
thing.
have
one’s
nose in a book to be
reading a book; to read books all
the time.

have
one’s
sights trained on
something
Go to train
one’s
sights
on
something
.
have
one’s
tail between
one’s
legs to be frightened or to lack
bravery.
have
one’s
words stick in
one’s
throat to be so overcome by emo-
tion that one can hardly speak.
have other fish to fry to have
other things to do; to have more
important things to do. (Other can
be replaced by bigger, better, more
important, etc.)
have
someone
dead to rights to

have proved someone unquestion-
ably guilty.
have
someone
in
one’s
pocket to
have control over someone.
have
someone or something
in
one’s
hands to have control of or
responsibility for someone or
something. (Have can be replaced
with leave or put.)
have
someone
over to invite some-
one as a guest to one’s house.
have
someone
pegged as
some-
thing
Go to peg
someone
as
something
.

have
someone’s
blood on
one’s
hands to be responsible for some-
one’s death; to be guilty of causing
someone’s death.
have
someone’s
eye Go to catch
someone’s
eye.
have mixed feelings (about someone or something)
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have
something
at hand Go to
have
something
at
one’s
fingertips.
have
something
at
one’s
finger-
tips and have

something
at
hand to have something within
(one’s) reach.
have
something
down pat to have
learned or memorized something
perfectly.
have
something
hanging over
one’s
head to have something
bothering or worrying one; to
have a deadline worrying one.
have
something
in stock to have
merchandise available and ready
for sale.
have
something
out to have some-
thing, such as a tooth, stone, or
tumor, removed surgically.
have
something
to spare to have
more than enough of something.

have
something
wrapped up Go
to
get
something
sewed up.
have the gall to
do something
to
have sufficient arrogance to do
something.
have the Midas touch to have the
ability to be successful, especially
the ability to make money easily.
(
Midas = a legendary king whose
touch turned everything to gold.)
have the presence of mind to
do
something
to have the calmness
and ability to act sensibly in an
emergency or difficult situation.
have the right-of-way to possess
the legal right to occupy a particu-
lar space on a public roadway.
have the time of
one’s
life to have

a very good time; to have the most
exciting time in one’s life.
have to
do something
to be obli-
gated to do something; must do
something.
have to do with
someone or some-
thing
to concern or affect someone
or something; to be associated
with or related to someone or
something.
have too many irons in the fire
to be doing too many things at
once.
the
have-nots ["hAv "nats] n. peo-
ple who do not have enough
money to live comfortably.
the
haves ["hAvz] n. people who
have enough money to live com-
fortably; people who are rich and
privileged.
hawk ["hOk] 1. n. a bird of prey,
similar to a falcon, with strong
beak and claws, a long tail, and
good eyesight.

2. tv. to sell some-
thing, especially in the street.
→
watch
someone
like a hawk
hay ["he] n. grass or plants cut,
dried, and used as food for cattle,
horses, etc. (No plural.)
haystack ["he stAk] n. a large
amount of hay that is piled
together to dry.
→
like looking for a needle in a
haystack
hazard a guess to make a guess.
hazard an opinion to give an
opinion.
he ["hi] 1. pron. a third-person sin-
gular masculine pronoun. (Refers
to male creatures. Used as a sub-
ject of a sentence or a clause. See
also
him, himself, and his.) 2. pron.
a third-person singular pronoun.
(Used when the sex of a grammat-
he
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ical subject is unimportant, inde-
terminate, undetermined, or irrel-
evant. Objected to by some as
actually referring only to males in
this sense. See also
they W.) 3. n. a
male person or creature.
head ["hEd] 1. n. the part of the
body of humans and animals
above the neck, including the face,
eyes, nose, mouth, ears, brain, and
skull.
2. n. the brain; the mind.
3. n. an individual animal, used
especially in counting cows,
horses, and sheep. (No plural.
Always a singular form preceded
by words that tell how many.)
4. n.
the leader of a company, country,
organization, group, etc.; a chief;
someone who is in charge.
5. n.
the top, front, or upper part of
something, such as a table, a page,
a sheet of paper, a line [of people],
or a [school] class.
6. adj. primary;
chief; foremost. (Prenominal
only.)

7. tv. to lead a group of peo-
ple; to be in charge of a group of
people or part of a company.
8. iv.
to move in a certain direction.
→
bang
one’s
head against a brick
wall
→ beat
one’s
head against the wall
→ bring
something
to a head
→ bury
one’s
head in the sand
→ can’t make heads or tails (out)
of
someone or something
→ come to a head
→ count heads
→ drum
something
in(to
someone’s
head)
→ get

one’s
head above water
→ get
something
into
someone’s
thick
head
→ go over
someone
’s head
→ go to
someone’s
head
→ have a good head on
one’s
shoulders
→ have a head for
something
→ have a price on
one’s
head
→ have eyes in the back of
one’s
head
→ have
one’s
head in the clouds
→ have
something

hanging over
one’s
head
→ hide
one’s
head in the sand
→ hit the nail (right) on the head
→ hold
one’s
head up
→ in over
one’s
head
→ keep a civil tongue (in
one’s
head)
→ keep
one’s
head above water
→ make
someone’s
head spin
→ make
someone’s
head swim
→ off the top of
one’s
head
→ out of
one’s

head
→ over
someone’s
head
→ per head
→ rear its ugly head
→ turn
someone’s
head
a head and per head a person; an
individual.
head and shoulders above
someone or something
clearly
superior to someone or some-
thing. (Often with stand.)
head back (
someplace
) to start
moving back to someplace.
head of cabbage and head of
lettuce n. the edible, top part of a
cabbage or a lettuce plant.
head of lettuce Go to head of cab-
bage.
head
someone or something
off to
intercept and divert someone or
something.

head
something
up 1. to get some-
thing pointed in the right direc-
tion. (Especially a herd of cattle or
a group of covered wagons.)
2. to
be in charge of something; to be
the head of some organization.
head
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headache ["hEd ek] 1. n. a pain in
the head, especially one that lasts a
long time.
2. n. a problem; a
bother; a worry. (Figurative on
Q.)
heads will roll some people will
get into trouble. (Informal. From
the use of the guillotine to execute
people.)
heal over [for the surface of a
wound] to heal.
heal up [for an injury] to heal.
health ["hElT] 1. n. freedom from
diseases of the mind or the body.
(No plural.)
2. n. vigor; general

condition. (No plural. Figurative
on Q.)
3. the adj. use of Q or W.
→
get a clean bill of health
→ give
someone
a clean bill of
health
→ in the picture of (good) health
→ nurse
someone
back to health
heap ["hip] n. a large pile of things;
a stack of things piled together.
heap
something
up to make some-
thing into a pile.
heap
something
(up)on
someone
or something
1. to pile something
up on someone or something.
2. to give someone too much of
something, such as homework,
praise, criticism, etc. (Figurative.)
hear ["hIr] 1. iv., irreg. to be able to

sense or experience sounds by
means of the ears. (Past tense and
past participle:
heard.) 2. tv., irreg.
to sense or receive a certain sound
or a certain utterance.
3. tv., irreg.
to learn that something has hap-
pened. (The object can be a clause
with
that U.) 4. tv., irreg. [for a
court of law] to listen to the two
sides of a court case.
5. tv., irreg.
to pay attention to someone or
something; to listen to someone or
something. (The object can be a
clause with
that U.)
→
like to hear
oneself
talk
→ so quiet you could hear a pin
drop
→ so still you could hear a pin
drop
hear
someone
out 1. to hear all of

what someone has to say.
2. to
hear someone’s side of the story.
heard ["h#d] past tense and past
participle of
hear.
→
make
oneself
heard
hearing ["hIr IN] 1. n. the sense that
allows one to recognize sound; the
ability to hear. (No plural form.)
2. n. an examination of basic evi-
dence in a court of law.
3. the adj.
use of Q.
→
hard of hearing
heart ["hart] 1. n. a large, four-
chambered muscle that pumps
blood throughout the body.
2. n.
Q considered as a symbol of the
center of a person’s emotions,
thoughts, and love. (Figurative on
Q.)
3. n. the shape 1. 4. n. [in a
deck of playing cards] one card
of a group of cards that bears a

red 1.
→ an
aching heart
→ break
someone’s
heart
→ cross
one’s
heart (and hope to
die)
→ die of a broken heart
→ do
someone’s
heart good
→ eat
one’s
heart out
→ find it in
one’s
heart (to
do
something
)
→ follow
one’s
heart
→ from the bottom of
one’s
heart
→ get to the heart of the matter

→ have a heart
→ have a heart of gold
heart
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→ have a heart of stone
→ have a soft spot in
one’s
heart
for
someone or something
→ have
one’s
heart in
one’s
mouth
→ have
one’s
heart set on
something
→ lose heart
→
one’s
heart is in
one’s
mouth
→
one’s
heart is set on

something
→ open
one’s
heart (to
someone
)
→ set
one’s
heart on
something
→ to
one’s
heart’s content
→ with all
one’s
heart and soul
the heart n. the most central,
essential, or vital part of some-
thing; the core of something. (No
plural. Treated as singular. Figura-
tive on
heart Q.)
heartbeat ["hart bit] 1. n. one full
pulse of the heart.
2. n. a moment;
a second or two.
→
do something
in a heartbeat
→ be a heartbeat away from

something
hearty ["har ti] 1. adj. energetic;
vigorous; strong and lively. (Adv:
heartily. Comp: heartier; sup:
heartiest.)
2. adj. [of a meal] large
and satisfying. (Adv: heartily.
Comp: heartier; sup: heartiest.)
→
hale and hearty
heat ["hit] 1. n. hotness; the quality
that is felt at a higher temperature.
(No plural.)
2. n. hot weather. (No
plural.)
3. n. a grouping of con-
testants in a sporting event. (The
winners of different
heats compete
in later
heats or the final event.)
4. tv. to cause something to
become hotter.
5. iv. to become
hotter or warmer.
→
in a dead heat
→ in heat
heat up 1. to get warmer or hot.
2. to grow more animated or com-

bative.
heaven ["hEv @n] n. [in certain reli-
gions] the place where God resides
and where the souls of good peo-
ple go after death. (Usually associ-
ated with the sky. No plural.)
→
in heaven
→ in seventh heaven
→ manna from heaven
→ move heaven and earth to
do
something
the heavens n. the sky; space.
(Treated as plural.)
heavy ["hEv i] 1. adj. weighing a lot;
of great weight. (Adv: heavily.
Comp: heavier; sup: heaviest.)
2. adj. [of sound] strong, deep,
and ponderous. (Adv: heavily.
Comp: heavier; sup: heaviest.)
3. adj. great in amount; dense;
intense; thick. (Adv: heavily.
Comp: heavier; sup: heaviest.)
4. adj. serious; requiring a lot of
thought to understand. (Adv:
heavily. Comp: heavier; sup:
heaviest.)
→
Time hangs heavy on

someone’s
hands.
hectic ["hEk tIk] adj. very active;
very excited; very busy. (Adv: hec-
tically [
Ik li].)
heed ["hid] tv. to pay close atten-
tion to something, such as advice.
→
take heed
heel ["hil] 1. n. the back part of the
foot; the part of the foot that bears
the weight of the body.
2. n. the
part of a shoe or sock that covers
the back part of the foot.
3. n. the
part of a shoe that supports the
back part of the foot.
→
Achilles’ heel
→ cool
one’s
heels
→ dig in
one’s
heels
→ hard on
someone’s
heels

→ high heels
heart
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→ kick up
one’s
heels
→ on the heels of
something
→ set
one
back on
one’s
heels
→ take to
one’s
heels
heels n. shoes with a tall heel E,
worn by women, usually on for-
mal occasions. (Short for
high
heels.
Treated as plural, but not
countable. Number is expressed
with pair(s) of heels.)
height ["haIt] 1. n. the amount that
someone or something is tall; ver-
tical length [of a person or of a
vertical object]. (No plural.)

2. n.
the length of something from bot-
tom to top; the distance to a
higher point from a lower level.
→
at the height of
something
heighten ["haIt n] 1. tv. to cause
something to become more
intense or exciting.
2. iv. to
become more intense or exciting.
held ["hEld] past tense and past par-
ticiple of
hold.
helicopter ["hEl @ kap t#] n. an air-
craft with large, rotating blades
that can lift and hold the aircraft
in the air.
he’ll ["hil] cont. he will.
hell ["hEl] 1. n. [in certain reli-
gions] the place where the devil
resides and where the souls of
wicked people go after death. (No
plural. Sometimes capitalized.)
2. n. suffering, misery, and
despair. (Figurative on Q. No plu-
ral.)
3. interj. a word used to indi-
cate anger or surprise.

(Colloquial.)
→
been to hell and back
→ for the hell of it
→ like a bat out of hell
hello [hE "lo] 1. n. an act of greet-
ing someone; an act of saying W.
(Plural ends in -s.)
2. interj. a
word used in greeting someone or
in answering the telephone.
→
drop in (to say hello)
helm ["hElm] n. the wheel or lever
used to control the direction of a
ship. (No plural form.)
→
at the helm (of
something
)
help ["hElp] 1. n. aid; assistance.
(No plural. Treated as singular.)
2. n. someone or a group hired to
do a job, usually a service job. (No
plural. Treated as singular or plu-
ral, but not counted.)
3. iv. to give
assistance.
4. tv. to give assistance
to someone or something; to aid

someone or something.
5. tv. to
relieve an illness or condition; to
ease the discomfort caused by
something; to make a sickness or
discomfort less severe.
6. interj. a
cry used when one needs aid or
assistance.
→
cannot help
doing something
→ pitch in (and help)
→ pitch in (and help) (with
something
)
help
do something
to assist [some-
one to] do something.
help out
someplace
to help [with
the chores] in a particular place.
help out (with
something
) to help
with a particular chore.
help
someone

back (to
something
)
to help someone return to some-
thing or someplace.
help (
someone
)
do something
to
assist someone [to] do something.
help
someone
off with
something
to help someone take off an article
of clothing.
help someone off with something
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