To keep saying very firmly that something is true, even when other people will not believe you
To say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
You must see a doctor immediately – I insist.
He has insisted on his innocence from the beginning.
The school insists that it is doing everything it can to cooperate.
She insisted that we stay at her house instead of a hotel.
Some companies insist on staff undergoing regular medical checks.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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