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phraseprevail on/upon
prevail on/upon sb formal to succeed in persuading someone to do something, especially when they do not want to do it: General Hawthorne managed to prevail on him to fly to Surubaya. Weir, who had been prevailed upon to play the piano, went red with embarrassment.■ SIMILAR TO: persuade, cajole (into)
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