persist in

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to continue doing something despite difficulty or opposition

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   persist in something / persist in doing something

   Usage: In introduces the behavior continued despite opposition; a following action takes an ing form.

   If you persist in interrupting, the meeting will never finish.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   If you persist in interrupting, the meeting will never finish.

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