be pressed for something

More important, will he press for the money to back up the plan?

They decided not to press the matter for a year or two.

The police wouldn't press too hard for a day or two.

Yet he knew better than to press her for more.

He did not feel the need to press for total attention.

I did not want to press her for any more information.

Southern was the first to press for such a change.

"They press for everyone to do things the American way."

I would therefore like to press for an answer to the question she has just asked.

It is perhaps too late, however, to press for more.