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take no for an answer, not

Not accept a refusal, be persistent in demanding something, as in I want you to show me the statements and I won't take no for an answer. This idiom was first recorded in 1930 in Winston Churchill's My Early Life: “Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure.”

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Words nearby take no for an answer, not

Takelma, take lying down, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, taken, taken aback, take no for an answer, not, take-no-prisoners, take note, take notes, takeoff, take offense
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