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Expression: "Let go" and "Let me go"



 
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What means the acronymous RAL | 'feel like' expressions: is the meaning always 'have a desire for'
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Expression: "Let go" and "Let me go" Wed May 02, 2007 19:26 pm  Expression: "Let go" and "Let me go"
 

Hello,

I need help to distinguish the usage of these two expressions:

Let go of me.
Let me go.


From what I saw on TV, people use "Let go" when there is a body contact.

So,do we use "Let go" when somebody actually hold and prevent us, with a body contact for example with hands,from going anywhere else and do we use "Let me go" when somebody is just stopping us from proceeding without a body contact?

Many thanks in advance,

Nina
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Expression: "Let go" and "Let me go" Wed May 02, 2007 20:22 pm  Expression: "Let go" and "Let me go"
 

You seem to have answered your own question quite well, Nina. I'd just add that 'to let go of' really means 'to lose hold' or 'to stop holding', so 'let go of me/my arm/my hand, etc.' doesn't necessarily imply that we want to go somewhere.
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Expression: "Let go" and "Let me go" Wed May 02, 2007 20:39 pm  Expression: "Let go" and "Let me go"
 

Thanks Conchita! You rock!

Nina

p.s please excuse my rockin' mood Wink really, thank you for the good tip.
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