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last resort
A final expedient or recourse to achieve some end or settle a difficulty. For example, If you don't improve, we'll try this new medication as a last resort. This term originally referred to a court of law from which there was no appeal. [Late 1600s]
Example Sentences
The last resort would be a move to Saudi Arabia.
Several lawsuits have been filed against the California Fair Plan Assn., the state’s insurer of last resort, alleging that it is not adequately handling smoke-damage claims arising out of the fires.
Before he can snap off curveballs the way he used to, before he can be a dependable member of the rotation instead of last resort, he has to believe.
“If they were treated more as a last resort, then maybe I would have made a different choice.”
Evictions, they’ve said, were a last resort and required by law.
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