insist (v)
take a firm stand (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
examples I must insist!
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 13 Somebody ----s on something
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form insist → insistence
Hyponym stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast; assert, asseverate, maintain
Incoming links
Derivationally related form insistence → insist
Hypernym stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast; assert, asseverate, maintain

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