v. 25B6; verb
be prepared to insist : STAND FIRM, stand one's ground, be resolute, be determined, hold out, be emphatic, not take no for an answer; persevere, persist; informal stick to one's guns.
she insisted that they pay up : DEMAND, command, require, dictate; urge, exhort.
he insisted that he knew nothing : MAINTAIN, assert, hold, contend, argue, protest, claim, vow, swear, declare, stress, repeat, reiterate; formal aver.