will not take no for an answer
to not allow someone to refuse what you have offered:
I told Steve I'm not interested, but he keeps asking me out - he won't take no for an answer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Strong-willed
- a firm hand idiom
- adamant
- adamantine
- aggressive
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- fury
- go-getter
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- importunate
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- purposeful
- pushy
- ravening
- recalcitrant
- wilful
- willful
- with guns blazing idiom
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