Verb
prevail upon (third-person singular simple present prevails upon, present participle prevailing upon, simple past and past participle prevailed upon)
(idiomatic) To convince; to persuade.
Perhaps I can prevail upon him to change his mind.
We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. Maya Angelou
The rest to some faint meaning make pretense, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. John Dryden
DMK Velachery legislator Vagai Chanderasekar on Thursday urged the State government to prevail upon the authorities of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras), to reopen the Krishna gate. Source: Internet
Khaja Aijazuddin, a practising advocate at the High Court, told IANS that since the government had failed to act to make Twitter remove objectionable and illegal posts, the court will do the needful to prevail upon the government to do its duty. Source: Internet
Do you suppose I could prevail upon you to go back into the eReader markup of your book and mark the chapter headings? Source: Internet
“Fortunately, I was able to prevail upon Dr. Tom Fogarty, and he was willing to sign a declaration saying in essence, ‘I’m Dr. Fogarty and no, this procedure cannot be done with a Fogarty catheter.’ Source: Internet