prevail on/upon
phrasal verb
prevailed on/upon; prevailing on/upon; prevails on/upon
: to ask or persuade (someone) to do something
They prevailed on/upon me to play a few tunes on the piano.
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Mattias is passionate about the increasing knowledge and understanding of the crucial choices that our generation, the Change Generation, must make for life to prevail on a livable planet.
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Mattias Wallander, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
By contrast, the FRPC instead requires that before such attorney fees can be awarded, a successful party would have to prevail on either summary judgment or at trial.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Even if Trump were to prevail on the federalization of the National Guard issue, without invoking the Insurrection Act, the troops still cannot perform general law enforcement functions.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant on Wednesday concluded that Disney is unlikely to prevail on claims that YouTube illegally poached Connolly in violation of his contract with the entertainment giant.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Mattias Wallander, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
By contrast, the FRPC instead requires that before such attorney fees can be awarded, a successful party would have to prevail on either summary judgment or at trial.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Even if Trump were to prevail on the federalization of the National Guard issue, without invoking the Insurrection Act, the troops still cannot perform general law enforcement functions.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant on Wednesday concluded that Disney is unlikely to prevail on claims that YouTube illegally poached Connolly in violation of his contract with the entertainment giant.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Prevail on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevail%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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