くいさがる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くいさがる – see the following entry.
食い下がる
[verb] to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
[verb] to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
[verb] (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
(This term, くいさがる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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