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Listenever Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

They call you (a) renegade

At 1:27,

Obama: And they were pretty upset, so...
Jimmy: They call you (a) renegade, right?

I don't hear "a" before renegade.
Is it possible to leave out "a" here?

  

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I think "Renegade" is the name the Secret Service uses for him. In this case, it's a proper noun.

— BarbaraPA

  • I think "Renegade" is the name the Secret Service uses for him.
  • In this case, it's a proper noun.
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I think "Renegade" is the name the Secret Service uses for him. In this case, it's a proper noun.
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One more thing, actually.
At 1:24, Obama impersonates a Secret Service agent, saying "No matter what you do, do not let him up." (Do not let Obama up.)

This happens when Obama drives an electric car in South Lawn.

What does "do not let him up" mean?
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Do not let him "out."
Don't let him leave the grounds of the White House. Don't let him off the property.
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Thanks, again.
Right, "out" here makes sense.
Aside from the pronunciation and this particular context, would it ever be possible to say "let him up" to mean "let him pull the car up"?
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It is possible to create a context for just about any phrase, no matter how unlikely it could be in "normal" conversation.

If a gate is at the bottom of the hill and the house is at top of the hill. you might say to the gate guard, "Let him up" or "Don't let him up."
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When I asked in the earlier post about "let him pull the car up", I meant "stop his car".

Let me ask again, would it ever be possible to say "let him up" to mean "let him pull the car up", meaning "stop his car"?
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