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
'Avima'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
DaniËL	DAH-nee-el	Dutch
Zdislav	-	Czech, Medieval Slavic
EncarnaciÓN	en-kahr-nah-THYON (Spanish), en-kahr-nah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Roser	-	Catalan
Tumelo	-	Southern African, Sotho, Tswana