last resort



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]
See also: last, resort

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zinoviya-Russian
Deirbhile-Irish
Zsolt-Hungarian
Astrophel-Literature
Edmund['edmənd]
JunoJOO-no (English)Roman Mythology