not take no for an answer

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to refuse to accept that sb does not want sth, will not do sth, etc.

   My killers, who will not take no for an answer!

   No, I will not take no for an answer. I have to have the word "yes" because all of our blood, when it comes out, is the same color.

In the movies · 2

• My killers, who will not take no for an answer!The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• No, I will not take no for an answer. I have to have the word "yes" because all of our blood, when it comes out, is the same color.The Best of Enemies2019
• No, I'm not gonna take "no" for an answer. No.The Insider1999
• And I won't take no for an answer.The Lighthouse2019
• Wouldn't take no for an answer.The Proposal2009
• And he wouldn't take no for an answer.Living2022
• I don't like to take no for an answer.Air2023
• I won't take no for an answer.50/502011

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career
• The Proposal2009
  • Margaret Fires Bob
  • Margaret Announces a Fake Engagement
  • Margaret Fakes a Marriage Interview

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