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  • 41prevail with — index arbitrate (conciliate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 42prevail\ upon — • prevail (up)on v To bring to an act or belief; cause a change in; persuade. He prevailed upon the musician to entertain instead of the absent speaker. He prevailed upon me to believe in his innocence …

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  • 43prevail on someone to do something — prevail on (someone) (to (do something)) to persuade someone to do something. My father prevailed on some friends to let us stay with them for a few days. The TV network prevailed upon the organizers of the track and field championships to… …

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  • 44prevail on to do something — prevail on (someone) (to (do something)) to persuade someone to do something. My father prevailed on some friends to let us stay with them for a few days. The TV network prevailed upon the organizers of the track and field championships to… …

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  • 45prevail on someone to — prevail on (someone) (to (do something)) to persuade someone to do something. My father prevailed on some friends to let us stay with them for a few days. The TV network prevailed upon the organizers of the track and field championships to… …

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  • 46prevail on (someone) — (to (do something)) to persuade someone to do something. My father prevailed on some friends to let us stay with them for a few days. The TV network prevailed upon the organizers of the track and field championships to schedule the 100 meter… …

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  • 47Prevail (album) — Infobox Album Name = Prevail Type = studio Artist = Kataklysm Released = Start date|2008|5|23 Recorded = Genre = Death metal Length = 44:00 Label = Nuclear Blast Producer = Jean Francois Dagenais Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5… …

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  • 48prevail upon — phrasal verb prevail on or prevail upon [transitive] Word forms prevail on : present tense I/you/we/they prevail on he/she/it prevails on present participle prevailing on past tense prevailed on past participle prevailed on formal prevail on/upon …

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  • 49prevail on/upon — PERSUADE, induce, talk someone into, coax, convince, make, get, press someone into, argue someone into, urge, pressure someone into, pressurize someone into, coerce; informal sweet talk, soft soap. → prevail * * * prevail on/upon [phrasal verb]… …

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  • 50prevail on/upon sb — UK US prevail upon/on sb Phrasal Verb with prevail({{}}/prɪˈveɪl/ verb [I] ► FORMAL to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do: »They finally prevailed on him to hand in his resignation …

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