Command
Insist on
Insist on verb - To ask for (something) earnestly or with authority.
Usage example: the director insisted on absolute quiet on the set
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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His second in command then arrives in anti-gravity boots and rescues him, explaining that she knew he would insist on fighting alone, but now it was time to do things the easy way.
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However, the Narn troopers under his command insist on charging headlong into the fray and the regular guards have no choice but to follow them.
Source: Redshirt Army -
In "The Ensigns of Command", the Sheliak, a species that finds human language so inferior they insist on insanely long contracts and treaties that they constantly Rules Lawyer in their favor, are demanding that the Federation remove a lost colony from Sheliak space, or they'll annihilate it.
Source: Screw You, Elves!
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