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prevail on
prevail on
or
prevail upon
transitive verb
Definition:
persuade somebody:
to persuade somebody to do something
They prevailed on her to take part.
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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