cannot help oneself

cannot help oneself
cannot help oneself
Cannot refrain from or resist doing something
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Main Entry:help

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  • help — [help] vt. [ME helpen < OE helpan, akin to Ger helfen < IE base * k̑elb , *k̑elp , to help > early Lith sělbinos, to aid] 1. to make things easier or better for (a person); aid; assist; specif., a) to give (one in need or trouble)… …   English World dictionary

  • help — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. servant[s], staff, employees; aid, assistance, succor; relief, remedy. v. assist, serve, befriend; relieve, ameliorate, better. See aid, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Assistance] Syn. advice,… …   English dictionary for students

  • can/could not help oneself — cannot or could not stop oneself from acting in a certain way. → help …   English new terms dictionary

  • help — ► VERB 1) make it easier for (someone) to do something. 2) improve (a situation or problem). 3) (help someone to) serve someone with (food or drink). 4) (help oneself) take something without permission. 5) (can/could not help) cannot or …   English terms dictionary

  • help — helpable, adj. /help/, v.t. 1. to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me …   Universalium

  • help — [[t]hɛlp[/t]] v. t. 1) to save; rescue; succor: Help me, I m falling![/ex] 2) to contribute to; facilitate or promote: to help desegregation[/ex] 3) to be useful or profitable to: Your knowledge of languages will help you in your career[/ex] 4)… …   From formal English to slang

  • help — verb 1》 make it easier for (someone) to do something.     ↘improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to.     ↘support (someone) to allow them to move in a specified direction: I helped her up. 2》 (help someone to) serve someone with (food… …   English new terms dictionary

  • help — v 1. aid, assist, bestead, accommodate, oblige, abet, befriend; contribute, join in, Inf. pitch in, Inf. chip in, lend a hand, lend oneself to, play or do one s part, boost, give a boost to, give a lift to; (all usu. negative) lift a finger, lift …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • help — [c]/hɛlp / (say help) verb (helped or, Archaic, holp, helped or, Archaic, holpen, helping) –verb (t) 1. to cooperate effectively with a person; aid; assist: to help a man in …  

  • help — 1. verb 1) can you help me please? Syn: assist, aid, lend a (helping) hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of; be of service to, be of use to; do someone a favor, do someone a service, do someone a good turn, bail someone out, come to… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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