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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Could you help me with this?

It's imperative I get him pumped up and on the move. (Two guy jumped in freezing water and as soon as they got out, the instructor said like this)

To get him to pump up
To get him pumping up
To have him to pump up
To have him pump up
To make him pump up

Can there be replaced with "get him pumped up"?
Does each of them sound different?
  

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If it's two guys, why speak of 'him'? The meaning of 'pump up' here is unclear to me. Does it mean 'move vigorously'?

— Clive

  • If it's two guys, why speak of 'him'?
  • The meaning of 'pump up' here is unclear to me.
  • Does it mean 'move vigorously'?
  • Please clarify.
  • Clive
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If it's two guys, why speak of 'him'?

The meaning of 'pump up' here is unclear to me. Does it mean 'move vigorously'?

Please clarify.


Clive
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One of them is the instructor. The other guy jumped over and over to warm him up.
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None of them sound natural to me. I don't use 'pump up' in this way.
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Ok, then let's say " warm up" if I replace this with " pump up" how are they different?
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To get him to warm up sounds like persuasion
To get him warming up A bit slangy
To have him to warm up Incorrect
To have him warm up OK
To make him warm up Best, focuses on making him do the work.
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What about "get him warmed up"?
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Fine, very natural.
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Does "to have him warm up" have different meaning from " to make him warm up"?
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'Make him' is more forceful than 'have him'.
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