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Helping hand   /hˈɛlpɪŋ hænd/   Listen
Helping hand

noun
1.
Physical assistance.  Synonym: hand.






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"Helping hand" Quotes from Famous Books



... interior; honest administration would have provided roads and schools, and soon the country would have attained a high degree of development and prosperity. The failure of the United States to extend a helping hand condemned Santo Domingo to long years of ...
— Santo Domingo - A Country With A Future • Otto Schoenrich

... true independence is in obedience to law, and if, to gain the habit of such obedience, we need a helping hand, it is truly independent for us to ...
— The Freedom of Life • Annie Payson Call

... been tried in the waters of Wau-Wau and found not wanting. A helping hand will meet thee where water meets earth and earth ...
— The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas • Janet Aldridge

... reached his ears, which may have led him into the belief that such a consummation was at hand. It would have been well for Joseph's honour had he stopped here. Although England was surrounded by enemies, and not a friend held forth a helping hand, he sought to arm the Empress of Russia against her; asserting, that as Great Britain had commenced hostilities against the Dutch, on account of the Armed Neutrality, she was called on to assist them ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

... "Don't refuse a helping hand," said Captain Stewart, looking up once more. "Don't be over-proud. I may be able to set you upon the right path. Not that I have anything definite to work upon—I haven't, alas! But each day new clews turn up. One day we shall find the real one, and that ...
— Jason • Justus Miles Forman


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