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to take no for an answer
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to accept or agree with the fact that someone has just refused something that one offered to them
Example
The pushy salesperson wouldn't take no for an answer and kept trying to make a sale.
I told him that I couldn't come to the party, but he wouldn't take no for an answer.
They were so keen for me to join their party, they just wouldn’t take no for an answer.
He would never take no for an answer.
I told Steve I'm not interested, but he keeps asking me out - he won't take no for an answer.
