be (one's) last resort

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be (one's) last resort

To be the only remaining thing or person that may help one or be of any use after all other options have been exhausted. I didn't really want to ask Mr. Stadler to write my college recommendation, but he's my last resort at this point.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lester	LES-tər	English
Auld	[ɔ:ld]
Karme	-	Greek Mythology
Gilad	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Barbara	BAHR-bər-ə (English), BAHR-brə (English), BAHR-bah-rah (German), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish)	English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,
Wayan	-	Indonesian, Balinese