insistieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• insist verb To state something firmly and repeatedly, refusing to accept disagreement.
• pump noun A device that moves or pushes liquid or gas from one place to another.

Senses

insistieren is used for these senses in English:

• insist (with (that + indicative), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
• pump (transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning. [from 17th c.]

pump — full definition

1. noun A device that moves or pushes liquid or gas from one place to another.
2. verb To move liquid or gas using a pump, or to move something rhythmically like a pump.
3. noun A woman's low-cut shoe with a fairly high heel and no fastening.

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