"take persuasion" is not correct as a standalone sentence in written English as it is not a complete thought.
You could use the phrase "take persuasion" to suggest someone should use assertive techniques to persuade or convince someone else. Example: The salesperson knew they needed to take persuasion to convince the customer to buy the product.
Insofar as it takes persuasion to be the goal of argument, it recognizes its social function and the role this must play in understanding successful argument.
For 10 more minutes, they spoke about looting, but it didn't take much persuasion to introduce another topic: their equally dim view of the police.
But the reality is that this will take much persuasion of hearts, minds and beliefs, many of them (like the McArthurs) with prejudices but sincerely held.
David came on board to handle the money side of the business and initially he worked from England, but it didn't take much persuasion to get him to come to live in New York and work full-time in fashion.
There remains a basic flaw in the theory that because Shakepeare was a populist writer in his time, he should naturally suit TV now: the mainstream television audience, often made suspicious of classic theatre by education and school theatre outings, would take much persuasion to tune in to these dramas.
And a burst of nostalgia for the 1960s might yet result in Car Keys, in which contestants throw their fobs in a bowl and have to get off with whoever's they pick out, although the obvious sources of sponsorship and advertising – car manufacturers – might take some persuasion to see it as a vehicle for them.
To get the "magic middle" chattering can take some persuasion, which is where the next major phase of social influence comes in.
It probably didn't take much persuasion for Audra to include the show's haunting ballad, "Somewhere".
Zeal-of-the-Land is talked into attending the sinful Fair (it doesn't take much persuasion) and eat pork there but quickly his righteousness forces him to denounce everything he sees.
Raising taxes on the rich in the United States, however, would take some persuasion at first, partly because so many of them seem to have lost all sense of obligation to others, and also because most millionaires claim to have worked hard for the money, and dammit, it's theirs.
