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Another word for insist

Verb

  1. To take and maintain a stand obstinately

    2. See also:

    continue

  2. To solicit (something) insistently

    3. See also:

    seek

    continue

Idioms:

    upon

  1. To ask for urgently or insistently

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Another word for insist

Verb

  1. To declare firmly or persistently

    2. See also:

    emphasize

    declare

  2. To demand

    3. See also:

    require

    command

    ask

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Sentence Examples

  • I insist that you hire someone to help.

  • Alpatych did not insist further.

  • If you insist on going, this is the route you must take.

  • You want me to think of all this as ours, but how can I when you insist that the problems are all yours?

  • Why did he insist on showing up when she was alone?

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