not take no for an answer

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Fig. not to accept someone's refusal. (A polite way of being insistent.) Now, you must drop over and see us tomorrow. We won't take no for an answer. I had to go to their party. They just wouldn't take no for an answer.

See also: answer, take

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How he would not take no for an answer, that young man, recently departed. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context More results

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