"prevail upon" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-prevail upon.ogg Forms: prevails upon [present, singular, third-person], prevailing upon [participle, present], prevailed upon [participle, past], prevailed upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} prevail upon (third-person singular simple present prevails upon, present participle prevailing upon, simple past and past participle prevailed upon)
  1. (idiomatic) To convince; to persuade. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to persuade, to convince): уговарям (ugovarjam) (Bulgarian), убеждавам (ubeždavam) (Bulgarian), whakawhere (Maori), whakawherewhere (Maori)
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