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not take no for an answer

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not take no for an answer

to be unwilling to accept a refusal. She sent faxes, made phone calls, sent e-mail — she 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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