take no for an answer, not

Not accept a refusal, be persistent in demanding something, as in I want you to show me the statements and I won't take no for an answer. This idiom was first recorded in 1930 in Winston Churchill's My Early Life: "Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Danihel	-	Biblical Latin
Golzar	-	Persian
Ignatiy	-	Russian
Cortney	['kɔ:tni]
Tatenda	-	Southern African, Shona
Chryseis	-	Greek Mythology