B1 to say firmly or demand forcefully, especially when others disagree with or oppose what you say:
[ + (that) ] Greg still insists (that) he did nothing wrong.
Please go first - I insist!
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- She's 85 now, but she will insist on doing all her own housework.
- The men at City Hall insist that big spending cuts are just not practical.
- The police insist that they are not relaxing their campaign against drugs.
- They insisted that all swear words be deleted from the article.
- She insisted on telling me every single detail of what they did to her in hospital.
