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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alfreda	ahl-FRE-dah (Polish, German, Italian)	Polish, German, Italian, English
Krysten	KRIS-tin	English (Modern)
Tor	TOOR (Swedish, Norwegian), TOR (Danish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Beard	[biəd]
Tihomir	-	Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Emerson	EM-ər-sən	English