Letting me up or let me up

[greenisgood]

In American English, what is the meaning and usage of - Let me up or Letting me up?

 

[Tarheel]

Well, if somebody is holding you down you might want them to let you up.

 

[Rover_KE]

If somebody was holding me down I wouldn't say 'Letting me up'.

greenisgood, please correct the information in your profile, or explain how a native of the Maldives speaks Moldavian, or Moldovan.

 

[Tarheel]

If somebody was holding me down I wouldn't say 'Letting me up'.

I hope I didn't give the wrong impression. I wouldn't use that phrase either. (I might say, "Let me up!")

 

[emsr2d2]

Please give us a full sentence. It's rarely possible for us to answer a question about a fragment or a short series of words.
And, as bhaisahab said, please ensure the information in your member profile is correct before continuing with this thread.

 

[Tarheel]

Well, I have said a million times how important context is. (And I don't exaggerate. ;-))

 

[Rover_KE]

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[greenisgood]

If somebody was holding me down I wouldn't say 'Letting me up'.

greenisgood, please correct the information in your profile, or explain how a native of the Maldives speaks Moldavian, or Moldovan.

Rover_KE it's Maldivian/Dhivehi but neither option is available.

 

[greenisgood]

Please give us a full sentence. It's rarely possible for us to answer a question about a fragment or a short series of words.
And, as bhaisahab said, please ensure the information in your member profile is correct before continuing with this thread.

Context is very important, I agree. But, sorry, dont remember where I read it anymore...

Does "letting me up" means relieving me from my current stress/pressure/pain/burden?

Is this sentence correct:
Wife to husband: Before going out and doing community/volunteer service, how about letting me up by taking on a few of our own chores?

 

[Barb_D]

Is this sentence correct:
Wife to husband: Before going out and doing community/volunteer service, how about letting me up by taking on a few of our own chores?

No.

... how about helping us both out by taking on a few of our own chores?

The rain is letting up -- lessening.
That's one of the few ways I can think to use "letting up." I can't think of how I'd use "letting me up."

If you "let someone down" you disappoint them. John keeps promising his children a trip to Disneyland, but never follows through, and keeps letting them down.


It will always be useful to include context. Sometimes words and phrases have different meanings in different contexts.

 

[Tarheel]

Is this sentence correct:
Wife to husband: Before going out and doing community/volunteer service, how about letting me up by taking on a few of our own chores?

More likely:

So we can get there on time ("there" being wherever it is they are going), how about helping me do so me of my chores for a change?
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You could use "let up" thus:

You need to let up on John and stop giving him such a hard time.
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As for "letting me up" I really don't know what that might mean.

(This site has a phrasal verb section.)