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Good Samaritan In The Loop 313 Person Helps Trouble Thought Personal

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Idiom GOOD SAMARITAN
Definition a person who helps someone in trouble without thought of personal gain
Examples
  1. Be a good Samaritan and volunteer some of your free time to help out at the hospital.
  2. Sometimes you have to resist the urge to be a good Samaritan and think about your own safety. You can’t pick up a strange hitchhiker in your car.
Extra Info

The expression has its origins in a story from the New Testament in which a man from Samaria helped someone who had been robbed by thieves.

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