Meaning & use
insist
To demand something firmly, or to state something forcefully and refuse to accept disagreement.
See it in a sentence
She insisted on paying for dinner even though it was her friend's birthday.
He insisted that he had locked the door before leaving the house.
A note on using this word
Insist is typically followed by 'on' plus a noun or gerund ('insist on going') or by 'that' plus a clause ('insist that she come').
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