not take no for an answer

idiom

: to insist on something
I told him that I couldn't come to the party, but he wouldn't take no for an answer.

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The great thing about young people is their spirit and their desire to be heard and to not take no for an answer. — James Factora, Them, 5 Mar. 2025 My mother essentially would not take no for an answer. — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2024

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