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What does insist mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word insist? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (on) To hold up a claim emphatically.
  2. (on) To demand continually that something happen or be done.
  3. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
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Always insist that black flares, safari suits, wide collared white shirts and high heeled shoes never go out of fashion.
Soldiers at the border will demand a bribe and insist on payment before allowing the truck to go through.
The government will also forbid new bank loans in pesos, and insist financial institutions lend only in dollars.
For a short while, the police continued to insist that they had thwarted an armed insurrection.
Many reception venues will insist that couples have adequate insurance cover before they will hire out their rooms.
Now, some people will insist that massive strokes leave irreparable injuries to the brain.

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