食い下がる

くいさがる
to hang on to
to dof

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くいさがる【食い下がる】

¶ → 彼は調べに当った警官に食い下がった

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くいさがる【食い下がる】

〔食いついて離れない〕 get a firm grip on 《a rival》; hang on to…; hold on to…; 〔粘り強く, へこたれない〕 persist 《in a campaign》; refuse to back down.

●しつこく質問して食い下がる harass sb with repeated questions; question sb persistently.

●寺尾は横綱の胸に頭をつけて, しつこく食い下がった. Terao kept his head up against the yokozuna's chest and held on [would not back down, refused to budge].