Collocations for "help"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "help" in context.
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help
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- help!
- (please) help me
- [could, can, would] you help me?
- [willing, happy, able, unable] to help
- help me with my [chores, homework]
- helps me (to) remember
- help to [find, ensure, make, keep, reduce, improve]
- help you (to) [find]
- help others
- help yourself to [the cookies, seconds, some appetizers]
- helped himself to [the money, my jewelry]
- help find a [cure, solution, answer]
- help save [lives, money]
- [designed, created, produced] to help
- [successfully, kindly] help
- (has) kindly offered to help (with)
- help out [at home, once in a while]
- help out with the [chores, work, cleaning]
- helped to [make, establish, create, build, develop, organize, shape]
- [refused, didn't want, declined] to help
- helped over [10,000 people]
- always helped before
- every [little bit, contribution] helps
- can't help [it, that]
- sorry, I can't help it
- I can't help it if [I'm, I have, I don't]
- couldn't help but [laugh, admire, say]
- couldn't help [crying, being, saying]
- if might help if (you)
- you're not helping (matters)
- it can't be helped
- need [professional, legal, medical] help
- should [get, seek, enlist] [professional] help
- [online, onsite] help
- need some help with
- do you need any help (with that)?
- that would be a [great, big, tremendous] help
- was an [invaluable, immense] help
- thank you - you've been a great help!
- can I be (of) any help?
- you are no help at all
- needs [little, no] help [making]
- need help [finding, finishing, making]
- [need, could do with] your help (in) [finding]
- needs [a little extra, additional, further] help
- need help to [find]
- need help around [home, the office]
- [receive, get, accept] help from
- hired new help at the [store, factory, workshop]
- is a great help [with children, in emergencies]
- (just) [shout, call] for help
- is beyond help
'help' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ASAP
- Lord
- a little
- able
- about
- absolutely
- account
- accountant
- acumen
- addicted
- addiction
- advise
- advocate
- aftermath
- again
- agenda
- agent
- ally
- almighty
- amateur
- ancillary
- anger
- anything
- app
- appeal
- appreciate
- approach
- apron
- arrive
- arse
- aside
- ask
- associate
- assurance
- assured
- attendant
- audience
- available
- awe
- backing
- backward
- badly
- baggage
- bail
- baking
- beg
- bend
- bewildered
- beyond
- bid