so help me

transitive verb

1. to make things easier or better for (a person); aid; assist; specif.,
   1. to give (one in need or trouble) something necessary, as relief, succor, money, etc.: to help the poor
   2. to do part of the work of; ease or share the labor of: to help someone lift a load
   3. to aid in getting (up, down, in, etc. or to, into, out of, etc.): help her into the house
2. to make it easier for (something) to exist, happen, develop, improve, etc.; specif.,
   1. to make more effective, larger, more intense, etc.; aid the growth of; promote: a tax to help the schools
   2. to cause improvement in; remedy; alleviate; relieve: a medicine that helps a cold
3. 1. to keep from; avoid: he can't help coughing
   2. to stop, prevent, change, etc.: a misfortune that can't be helped
4. to serve or wait on (a customer, client, etc.)

intransitive verb

1. to give assistance; be cooperative, useful, or beneficial
2. to act as a waiter, clerk, servant, etc.

noun

1. the act of helping or a thing that helps; aid; assistance
2. relief; cure; remedy
3. ☆
   1. a helper; esp., a hired helper, as a domestic servant, farmhand, etc.
   2. hired helpers; employees

interjection