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
Silvia	SEEL-vyah (Italian), SEEL-byah (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Sextilius	-	Ancient Roman
EÓGan	-	Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Muhamad	-	Indonesian, Malay
Georgene	jawr-JEEN, JAWR-jeen	English
Houston	['hju:stən]