insistent demands

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• insistent — [in sis′tənt] adj. [L insistens] 1. insisting or demanding; persistent in demands or assertions 2. compelling the attention [an insistent rhythm] insistently adv …   English World dictionary

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• on one's back — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Making insistent demands of you; being an annoyance or bother. * /My wife has been on my back for weeks to fix the front door screen./ * /I can t get any work done with the children on my back from morning until night./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• on one's back — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Making insistent demands of you; being an annoyance or bother. * /My wife has been on my back for weeks to fix the front door screen./ * /I can t get any work done with the children on my back from morning until night./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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