insist on/upon
idiom
1
: to say or show that one believes that something is necessary or very important
My source insisted on anonymity.
She insists on doing everything her own way.
2
informal
: to continue doing (something that other people think is annoying or unimportant)
The people sitting next to us insisted on talking during the entire movie.
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Always insist on meeting in person before making any financial or other commitments; if the other person balks or claims to be living in another country, consider that a red flag.
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Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Why do Love Is Blind’s producers insist on starting scenes with couples midway through a fight, leaving us to piece together what the fight is even about?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
Worse, few if any in Washington seem bothered by the situation and those few who talk about deficits insist on distractions and studiously avoid the fraught politics implicit in where the budget’s underlying problem lies: the uncontrollable growth of entitlements spending.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Historically, to exhibit something in a museum is to insist on its importance, relevance, singularity.
—Maddie Klett, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Why do Love Is Blind’s producers insist on starting scenes with couples midway through a fight, leaving us to piece together what the fight is even about?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
Worse, few if any in Washington seem bothered by the situation and those few who talk about deficits insist on distractions and studiously avoid the fraught politics implicit in where the budget’s underlying problem lies: the uncontrollable growth of entitlements spending.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Historically, to exhibit something in a museum is to insist on its importance, relevance, singularity.
—Maddie Klett, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Insist on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insist%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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