In this 7th episode of TEXTALL's Odd Textaments' Q&A Series, Piyush Mathur points out that the expression 'lift a nation' is technically correct but it is not idiomatic.  Giving examples, he stresses that one must qualify the nature of 'lift' one wishes to give to one's nation in order to make that expression idiomatic and meaningful; he also clarifies the dominant meaning of the phrase "lift up" versus its possible contextual connotations.
This audio episode is based upon Mathur's written essay dated October 5, 2019, which can be accessed here:  https://www.textall.xyz/odd/lift

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