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.”
Words nearby take no for an answer, not
take its toll, take kindly to, take leave of, take liberties, take lying down, take no for an answer, not, take note, take notes, take off, take off one's hands, take off one's hat to
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