insist upon (?.)
- advocate
- always trot out
- assert
- attach a condition
- belabor
- blandish
- brook no denial
- cajole
- call on
- call upon
- coax
- compel
- condition
- constrain
- contend
- dictate
- dwell on
- dwell upon
- exhort
- hammer away at
- harp on
- have a catch
- have a joker
- high-pressure
- importune
- insist
- insist on
- jawbone
- labor
- lobby
- maintain
- make conditional
- make contingent
- nag
- necessitate
- oblige
- persist
- plead with
- press
- pressure
- push
- recommend
- soft-soap
- stand on
- stick to
- stipulate
- sweet-talk
- take no denial
- thresh over
- urge
- wheedle
- work on