press
verb (PERSUADE) /pres/Definition
C2 [T] to try hard to persuade someone to do something: [+ obj + to infinitive ] The committee pressed him to reveal more information. He's pressing me for an answer. Can I press you further on (= persuade you to say more about) this issue?Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to act press charges C2 to complain officially about someone in a law court: The family have decided not to press charges against him.Taking legal action press a case/claim › to continue to try to make people accept your demands: Once again he tried to press his case for promotion.Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to act
(Definition of press verb (PERSUADE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- preach verb (PERSUADE)
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