persist in

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verb

do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop (Freq. 3)
- We continued our research into the cause of the illness
- The landlord persists in asking us to move
• Syn:
continue
• Derivationally related forms:
continuation (for: continue)
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Group:
retain, continue, keep, keep on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something