They begged them to go back to school.

There's a lot of leeway.

If someone's challenging you, you let it roll off.

If we've got 300 people, they'll probably stay on the sidewalk. If we've got 3,000, they're probably going to be in a couple traffic lanes. If we have 10,000, chances are we'll close down some streets.

I begged (the producers) to come back.

It's from high school,