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press for meaning and examples

2025-09-21

Meaning

  • Press for means to strongly demand, insist on, or urgently request something.
  • It often implies persistence and determination in asking for something to happen or be provided.

Grammar and Usage

  • press for + noun/thing

    • Example: The committee pressed for an immediate decision.

  • Part of speech: phrasal verb

  • Transitive: Requires an object (what is being pressed for).

Common Phrases

  • press for answers
  • press for details
  • press for change
  • press for a decision
  • press for action

Collocations

  • verb + for → press for
  • press for + noun: press for reform, press for payment, press for explanation
  • press + urgently/continually + for

Examples

  1. The workers are pressing for higher wages.
  2. The journalist pressed for more details about the incident.
  3. Citizens pressed for changes in the law.
  4. She pressed for an immediate response from the manager.
  5. The committee pressed for action on climate change.
  6. He kept pressing for clarification during the meeting.
  7. The lawyer pressed for evidence to support the claim.
  8. Activists pressed for the release of the prisoners.
  • insist on
  • demand
  • urge
  • call for
  • push for

Antonym

  • give up on
  • accept
  • let go of
  • ignore