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]
Words nearby last resort
last name,
last of the mohicans, the,
last out,
last post,
last quarter,
last resort,
last rites,
last straw,
last straw, the,
last supper,
last thing
Example sentences from the Web for last resort
From her bed she gave her orders—desperate, last-resort orders to a defeated garrison.
Home Fires in France |Dorothy CanfieldThat is the last resort, as it robs us of our only safeguard against meteorites, but this is the time for last-resort measures.
The Skylark of Space |Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins GarbyThe contortions of the trainmaster's homely features indicated an inward struggle of the last-resort nature.
The Taming of Red Butte Western |Francis Lynde